The Social Contract

Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

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

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

Kolankiewicz took a job with Roy Beck, the Tanton protégé and former Washington editor of The Social Contract, who went on to found a slightly less strident “immigration reform” organization called NumbersUSA.

From Salon

Tanton also published and, for many years, edited The Social Contract, a magazine that served as a clearinghouse for his ideas.

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