Locke - The Social Contract
Here John Locke proposes some abstractions which are unique to the zeitgeist. Locke accepts to a degree that we are in a Hobbessian State of War without Laws and Locke also points out that one has to be a master of his own life,
Something tells me we’ll be here again:
John Locke, the Social Contract Theorist that our founding fathers turned to when writing the US Constitution, believed that every child is a product of their environment. He believed anybody could be molded into anything based on their
Misunderstanding the Social Contract
The police power of government provides for the basic social stabiilty that allows offered by John Locke, the favorite contract theorist of the American framers. of basic social insurance to management of macroeconomic policy.
Natural Right and History
The right of nature was fundamental in Locke’s view, the law of nature was not. Hence self-preservation became the basis for the social contract, and Locke argued self-preservation, in contrast to Hobbes, required limited government.
Just Because It's an Old Idea Doesn't Mean It's a Bad Idea
It has been often noted, indeed, that social contract theories relied on a specific anthropological conception of man as either "good" or "evil". Thomas Hobbes (1651), John Locke (1689) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1762) are the most
Blair and the death of society
And not the right bit, either: this is Hobbes, not Locke. You see, the fundamental things that Blair’s missing are that. a) the social contract is a theoretical concept to explain the development of political subjugation and
Mon Dieu! Postscript on the social contract, and bagels
In my posting on why America is not an empire, I inexplicably forgot a fourth critical theorist of the social contract, Spinoza. How could I? And from Locke to the American founders is but a short step .
A Nation of Cowards
Crime is not only a complete disavowal of the social contract, and whose moral and social “re-education” is the object of liberal social policies. James Harrington, Algernon Sidney, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all
The Social Contract
His character takes his name from the famous 17th Century English philosopher whose voice was influential in defining the differences of "social contract" vs. "state of nature" ideas. To summarize, Locke seems to hold a basic assumption
Legal Theory Lexicon 058: Contractarianism
One of these is the notion of the "social contract"--familiar from Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. But unless you were an undergraduate philosophy major or have some graduate work in philosophy, you may not be as familiar with some of the

social contract. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Locke made the social contract the basis of his advocacy of popular sovereignty, the idea that the monarch or government must reflect the will of the people
John Locke -- Overview [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Locke's greatest philosophical contribution is his Essay, and we have his Thus government is instituted by a "social contract"; its powers are limited,
SOCIAL CONTRACT: A CRITIQUE*
So while the social contract sets up an absolute. sovereign in Hobbes' theory, in Locke the social. contract brings together the citizens so that they
Philosophical Dictionary: Social Contract-Stanton
Recommended Reading: Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau , ed. by Ernest Barker (Oxford, 1962) {at Amazon.com}; The Social Contract
Amazon.com: Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau
Amazon.com: Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau: Books: John Locke,David Hume,Jean Jacques Rousseau,Ernest Barker by John Locke,David Hume
Amazon.com: Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau
Amazon.com: Social Contract: Essays by Locke, Hume, and Rousseau (Galaxy Books): Books: J. Locke,David Hume,JJ Rousseau,Ernest Barker by J. Locke,David Hume
JSTOR: John Locke: Social Contract versus Political Anthropology
John Loeke: Social Contract Versus Political Anthropology Jeremy Waldron In the Second Treatise, John Locke presents two stories about the development of
1 Cassedy MMW 5 Social Contract Theory Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau
Social Contract Theory. Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau. (Page references are to texts reproduced in the reader.) Natural state of equality/freedom
rousseau locke and the general will
Both Locke and Rousseau agree that the only way for a social contract to insure the rights of the General Will is for complete involvement.
US gov in violation of Locke's Social Contract Theory? - CheapTalk
Ok, our constitution was written with John Locke's Social Contract Theory in mind, which states that governments are created to protect the people, locke+social+contract: locke+social+contract