Using an argument based upon Natural Law and a form of social contract theory, they said that slavery existed outside the Constitution's scope of legitimate authority and therefore should be abolished.
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:: : In political philosophy and social contract theory, the " state of Nature " is a term used to describe the theoretical condition that various philosophers imagined preceded the formation of governments.
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Social contract theories were eclipsed in the 19th century in favor of utilitarianism, Hegelianism, and Marxism, and were revived in the 20th century, notably in the form of a thought experiment by John Rawls.
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Jefferson took the idea of John Locke s social contract theory, the Declaration of Rights for Virginia by George Mason, and the form of the English Bill of Rights in 1689 into the Declaration of Independence.
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*" Due to the political structure of the government coupled with the social contract theory, there has been minimal cultural assimilation of ethnic minorities in Malaya and Malaysia . "-This isn't logical.
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In this lengthy essay, Spooner argued that the Constitution was a contract of government ( see social contract theory ) which could not logically apply to anyone other than the individuals who signed it, and was thus void.
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Sreedhar is well known for arguing that there is a strong potential for equality inherent within modern social contract theory, and that this possibility has existed as long as modern social contract theory has, but that it has not generally been recognized.
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Sreedhar is well known for arguing that there is a strong potential for equality inherent within modern social contract theory, and that this possibility has existed as long as modern social contract theory has, but that it has not generally been recognized.
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Both Rousseau and Locke's social contract theories rest on the presupposition of natural rights, which are not a result of law or custom, but are things that all men have in pre-political societies, and are therefore universal and inalienable.
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Burke criticised social contract theory by claiming that society is indeed, a contract, but " a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born ".
