Social Contract (disambiguation)

Social Contract (disambiguation)

The term "social contract" may refer to:

*A concept used in philosophy, political science and sociology to denote an implicit agreement within a state regarding the rights and responsibilities of the state and its citizens; see social contract (not to be mistaken with juridical contract theory)
*Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right" (1762)
*Robert Ardrey's "" (1970)
*One of a number of specific government initiatives in various countries across the world, including:
**Bob Rae's Social Contract (Ontario).
**Harold Wilson's Social Contract (Britain).
**Malaysia's Social contract (Malaysia).
*The Social Contract Press, an American printing company.
* Contractualism as an ethical theory


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