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Key to this is the concept of a social contract. This is kind of like a hypothetical agreement between subjects or citizens and an authority or a ruler. So, it's not as if we sign a piece of paper or anything like that, but rather we kind of form a contract among ourselves to maintain order. Different philosophers have different perspectives on what would happen in a state of nature. Let's talk about three major philosophers who wrote about the idea of a state of nature.