The Social Contract: History, Theory, and Contemporary Challenges
- johannesjauhiainen
- Oct 27
- 1 min read
Updated: Oct 30
This contribution pursues two main objectives: (i) Providing a general roadmap of the history of social contract theories, distinguishing its main phases, based on recent scholarship; (ii) Proposing a mapping of the different options along several dimensions that are constitutive of the CO3 project: democratic/undemocratic; continuous/one shot; empirically sensitive/a priori; inclusive/exclusive; and the kind of theories of justice they promote.
This report is written by Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger and reviewed by Ruzha Smilova.
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