The Social Contract

1. (1762) A major work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau states that governmental organization should be based on the general will of a society and should conform to the nature of human beings, and that the majority in a government has a right to banish resistant minorities.

Example Sentences

They are now desperately seeking to borrow or ventriloquize just enough of the far-right agenda to win elections without going all the way to blood-and-soil racism or entirely shredding the social contract.

From Salon

The great inspiration Thomas Jefferson drew from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s writings on the “social contract” before penning one of mankind’s most eloquent documents in July of 1776 was based on his belief that people would make rational, indeed democratic, decisions if they had the right information.

From Salon

Mr Fried said he took on the project for free because he felt the "social contract between tax payers and the British government has been a little bit broken".

From BBC

He is currently the director of The Social Contract and host of the “White Flag with Joe Walsh” podcast.

From Salon

"Some people have very complex disabilities. Part of the social contract is they are supported", they said.

From BBC