John Locke describes social contracts to be defined as voluntary agreements among individuals by which organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members. To me, this is just a bunch of big words. To people that make these specific agreements, it means that whatever they chose to offer each other, both would go unharmed. For instance, if I say, "BillyJoe, if you can appear in court and testify on my behalf, I will be happy to assist you in whatever you need me to help you with." I don't mean appear in court like "help me get out of this manslaughter case". I am just talking like a small divorce court case kind of thing. [off topic!] As far as Mr. Locke is concerned, a lot of his views are based on social contracts. (example: People's natural rights)
Well, that's all for now but hope you enjoyed.
-K. Woolridge
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I am unsure if you understand the theory or not...there is a lot of randomness in this which doesn't help me understand the point you are trying to get at. i did understand the beginning and that for the most part is correct.
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