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- Contractarianism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
“Contractarianism” names both a political theory of the legitimacy of political authority and a moral theory about the origin or legitimate content of moral norms
- Social contract views - Animal Ethics
There are several, some of which only apply to specific forms of contractarianism, but the most important feature, common to all forms, is the necessity that the parties to the contract must have certain cognitive capacities
- Contractualism - Wikipedia
Contractualism is a term in philosophy which refers either to a family of political theories in the social contract tradition (when used in this sense, the term is an umbrella term for all social contract theories that include contractarianism), [1] or to the ethical theory developed in recent years by T M Scanlon, especially in his book What
- Contractarianism: An Outline and Explanation in Sociology
Learn about contractarianism in sociology, its origins, key ideas, principles, and applications Understand how social interactions and relationships are shaped by voluntary agreements and self-interest
- Contractarianism - Oxford Reference
A contractarian approach to problems of ethics asks what solution could be agreed upon by contracting parties, starting from certain idealized positions (for example, no ignorance, no inequalities of power enabling one party to force unjust solutions upon another, no malicious ambitions)
- CONTRACTARIANISM Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Contractarianism definition: any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty
- Contractarianism - Introduction to Ethics: Thinking Through a Moral Life
Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan is grounded in a less than charitable view of human nature, by which war and chaos are the consequence of our natural passions in the absence of a visible power to temper them
- Contractarianism - The Free Dictionary
Any of various theories that justify moral principles or political arrangements by appealing to a social contract that is voluntarily committed to under ideal conditions for such commitment Also called contractualism American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
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