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The Social Contract: The Myth of Modern Democracy

The Social Contract is a foundational idea in the history of political philosophy. Modern democracies are largely based on social contract theory: the theory that laws and governments are created through agreements between free, rational, and self-interested individuals. In this video I discuss the most influential social contract theorists: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. You’ll learn about their various contributions to social contract theory, and about the differences between them. But we’ll also discuss some problems with social contract theory. For starters, when did we sign this social contract? Is the social contract real? Or is it rather a metaphor that helps us think and talk about political community. Towards the end of this video we’ll hear from Virginia Held, a twentieth-century feminist philosopher who mounts some potent critique of social contract theory and offers up an alternative way of conceptualizing political obligations. #socialcontract #Hobbes #Locke #Rousseau #Held ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📗 CONNECT WITH ME! I use Instagram to keep in touch with students and friends.   / greatbooksprof   📓 Find more on TIKTOK! ⏱ Short videos on philosophy, books, and life.   / greatbooksprof   📗 STUDY WITH ME: Learn about the Great Books Program at St. Thomas University 🇨🇦 https://www.stu.ca/greatbooks/ 📗 CHECK OUT MY BOOKS: Shakespeare between Machiavelli and Hobbes: Dead Body Politics https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498514095... Magic in Early Modern England: Literature, Politics and Supernatural Power https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498575515... 📫 E-MAIL: Business inquiries should be directed to [email protected]