KnowraSocial contractLinked fromLinked fromThe 91 pages that link to Social contract, each with the reason it gives.All 91Broader topic 2Related 68Narrower topic 8Compared with 13Jean-Jacques RousseauNarrower topic: Rousseau recasts the contract as collective self-rule rather than submission to a sovereign.John RawlsNarrower topic: Rawls revives contract reasoning as a device for identifying fair principles, not as a historical event.PropertyNarrower topic: It situates property rights within broader accounts of the state and legal order.BetrayalNarrower topic: Betrayal often means violating shared obligations that hold a community together.Rawlsian justiceNarrower topic: Rawls recasts contract theory as a hypothetical, impartial choice rather than a historical pact.PromiseNarrower topic: Political order can be framed as reciprocal commitments that constrain rulers and citizens.Two Treatises of GovernmentNarrower topic: The work presents government as an institution formed by people for their common protection.DistrustNarrower topic: Political cooperation depends on confidence that others and governing institutions will honor shared rules.