POL 307 Lecture 14: The Social Contract Theory
8 Apr 2018
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Social contract theory: the birth and growth of democracy. We see the philosophy that one ideology is based on, such as how democracy is a political ideology and political system. One of the things that made democracy seem like the best system was that a lot of the beliefs and values from classical liberal philosophers would lead people into thinking such: the social contract theory. Thomas hobbes (1588-1679): an englishman who tutored the exiled charles. Thomas jefferson copied a lot of his ideas into the declaration of. Charles ii: as king, he did accept some parliamentary limits on his power. 3: he was always skeptic and a non-believer of the divine right of kings. Theory and had believed in the social contract theory. Claimed that to be fully human, one must live in a community with people and develop morality (i. e. people must abandon the state of nature to perfect their character: post-human abandonment of the state of nature.
