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Contractarianism

Ann Cudd; Seena Eftekhari · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2025

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Author: Ann Cudd; Seena Eftekhari
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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EstablishedSocial contract theories ground political authority in agreement or hypothetical consent; Hobbes (1651), Locke (1689), Rousseau (1762) and Rawls (1971) are canonical versions that differ on what is agreed, by whom, and why.