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What is the Social Contract Theory? Do I think that it can be defended? In this paper I will define what the Social Contract Theory is and how and why I think that it can be defended against its critics.
Social Contract Theory is a contract that the people of a given area agree upon to live by. In this contract the people agree upon rules or laws to live by there is usually some sort of government that will help to enforce and administer these rules and/or laws. If people break or disobey these rules or laws there is usually some sort of punishment or justice given to them. These rules or laws can be written or unwritten but the people must agree to obey by them for the good of society. The contract theory can change if the people believe that it is time for a change (in our society it would be by voting or getting out and protesting if we felt things needed to be changed).
First let me say that without some kind of Social Contract I think that the world would be in......

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