1. John Locke and the Social Contract
Question What is a Social Contract? ... " Thomas Hobbes pondered the Social Contract and provided a base for our Founding Fathers. ... Other philosophers would expand upon the Social Contract. John Locke's take on the Social Contract was that he believed that a government could only be legitimate when based on a social contract with citizens. ... Locke expanded the Social Contract to also mean to protect citizens from government....
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