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social contract
[ soh-shuhl kon-trakt ]
noun
- the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
- an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual or group and the government or community as a whole.
social contract
noun
- (in the theories of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, and others) an agreement, entered into by individuals, that results in the formation of the state or of organized society, the prime motive being the desire for protection, which entails the surrender of some or all personal liberties
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of social contract1
Example Sentences
Another point is that “vaccination is viewed as a social contract,†he said.
"Some people have very complex disabilities. Part of the social contract is they are supported", they said.
Do they help to define a new social contract between private citizens, private businesses and public institutions?
Instead of burying the concept in a throwaway theme song, the show could weave honest dialogue about this new social contract throughout its episodes, replacing silence with understanding.
He said lockdowns had damaged the "sense of social contract" that children must go to school every single day they are well enough to do so.
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