Showing posts with label social contract. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Conceptual Analysis question, 6

6. Nearly all nation states, even non-democratic ones, are based on assumed, if not explicit, social contracts.
  1. Define the concept of social contract.
  2. Explain a primary way in which a social contract is "enforced" in a state with a liberal democracy.
  3. Explain a primary way citizens can "enforce" a social contract in a state without a liberal democracy.
  4. Is it more difficult to enforce the social contract in the UK than it is to enforce the social contract in Mexico? Why?