Social Contract Threory Flashcards
What is Social Contract Theory
Involves members of a society collectively agreeing upon ruler and punishments to which everyone in society will be subject.
Who came up with most of the Social Contract theory?
Thomas Hobbes
The State of Nature by Hobbs
humanity is naturally selfish at birth.
Hobbes thoughts on Empathy and pity.
was an illusion based on the fear that we would be in that situation.
The Hobbesian State of Nature
no industry, no imports, no scientific Knowledge, no art, writing, or society. We wouldn’t trust each other.
Prisoner’s dilemma
Four out comes between a group of people. We do the best for ourselves by limiting out self-interests for the good of the group as a whole.
Disadvantages of Social Contract
We Never agreed to the contract, was born into it.
There is no explicit contract between he government and the governed that tells us how to behave.
According to Social Contract Theory, we do best for ourselves by agreeing to
agree to limit the direct pursuit of self-interest.
Situations in which one person can benefit from a common good without contributing anything are sometimes referred to as
The free-rider problem
Which of the following is an argument asserted by Hobbes?
The principle of utility is the one great universal moral principle.
Which of the following is NOT one of the benefits of Social Contract Theory?
Agrees to defend all living things
