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What was the social contract theory

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persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.

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Social contract theory, is nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.
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