Social Contract Theory

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:international_relations
human rights discourse
constitutional design
citizenship theory
formation of governments
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Thomas_Hobbes
gptkbp:criticizedFor assumption of pre-political state
exclusion of certain groups
fictional nature of contract
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:John_Rawls
gptkb:Robert_Nozick
gptkbp:hasConcept legitimacy of authority derives from implicit contract
gptkbp:hasVariant gptkb:contractarianism
gptkb:contractualism
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 17th century
18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Social Contract Theory
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:politics
liberalism
modern political philosophy
constitutionalism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkb:Roman
gptkb:philosophy
classical liberalism
gptkbp:key gptkb:Critique_of_Practical_Reason
gptkb:Two_Treatises_of_Government
gptkb:The_Social_Contract
cathedral
gptkbp:opposedBy absolutism
authoritarianism
traditionalism
divine right of kings
gptkbp:relatedConcept sovereignty
natural rights
consent of the governed
state of nature
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:law
gptkb:philosophy
social order
political legitimacy
theories of justice
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3