Debating Locke's Social Contract: Arguing Against the Traditional View
This brief views Locke’s social contract as a hypothetical construct used to illustrate why governments are formed. It attacks the idea that people come together for protection and argues that retribution is a valid alternative view of why people form government. Contains analysis of Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, running commentary on the treatise in briefed form and blocks against social contract.
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