Social Contract

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:category gptkb:philosophy
ethics
philosophy of law
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Robert_Nozick
gptkb:Carole_Pateman
gptkb:Charles_Mills
feminist theorists
critical race theorists
gptkbp:debatedBy explicit vs implicit consent
limits of individual rights
nature of the state of nature
scope of authority
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkbp:formedBy 17th century
gptkbp:hasConcept individuals consent to surrender some freedoms to authority
legitimacy of authority derives from consent of governed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Social Contract
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:constitutional_law
modern democracy
Enlightenment political thought
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
Declaration of Independence (USA)
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:majorWork Leviathan (Hobbes)
The Social Contract (Rousseau)
Two Treatises of Government (Locke)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:John_Rawls
gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkbp:opposedBy divine right of kings
gptkbp:relatedConcept civil society
state of nature
gptkbp:translatedInto Contrat social (French)
Contrato social (Spanish)
Contratto sociale (Italian)
Sozialvertrag (German)
Общественный договор (Russian)
社会契約 (Japanese)
社会契约 (Chinese)
사회계약 (Korean)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Secular_Law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7