social contract
the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.
Origin of social contract
1- Also called so·cial com·pact [soh-shuhl kom-pakt] /ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈkɒm pækt/ .
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How to use social contract in a sentence
The social contract I’m talking about is about predistribution—investing early in everyone, especially those who are poor and deprived, and then using that to grow a more productive economy.
The Pandemic Laid Bare the World’s Inequities. A Top Economist on Why We Need a New Social Contract | Dan Stewart | August 12, 2021 | TimeYou’ve spent most of your life in multilateral institutions and yet your book is specifically about national social contracts.
The Pandemic Laid Bare the World’s Inequities. A Top Economist on Why We Need a New Social Contract | Dan Stewart | August 12, 2021 | TimeTax is one lever to rebuild social trust and the social contract between a state and its citizens.
Now, a growing community of voices is seeking a new social contract between the tech industry and citizens.
Data fairness: A new social contract for the 21st century economy | MIT Technology Review Insights | May 26, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIt’s time to update our economic system and our social contract to better accommodate the changing nature of work.
Eight in Ten Americans are Concerned About Partisanship. Here's How 'The Unum Test' Can Reunite America | Jonathan Haidt | April 13, 2021 | Time
Recidivism is part of the social contract in this society of freedom and justice for all.
My point, of course, is that a democratic Jewish state is a social contract in the Hebrew language—no more, no less.
As he puts it: “The social contract established during the New Deal era was on the line.”
Why Obama Is No FDR: The Failure of a Progressive Movement | Harvey J. Kaye | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.
Instead, he began talking about John Rawls and John Locke, a social contract between the government and the governed.
I am to be introduced to the greatest sower of ideas of the century, the author of the social contract, Rousseau.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasThe aristocracy encouraged dissertations on the social contract, the rights of man, and the equality of citizens.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkWhen he wrote of the social contract, he did so rather to excuse breaches of the covenant than to emphasize its necessity.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsI only ask you to admit that if such things fall below the comfort of barbarism, the social contract is annulled.
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. ChestertonHe had set fire to the building in accordance with the strict principles of the social contract.
The Ball and The Cross | G.K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for social contract
(in the theories of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others) an agreement, entered into by individuals, that results in the formation of the state or of organized society, the prime motive being the desire for protection, which entails the surrender of some or all personal liberties
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