Why we are governed
Social Contract and the Results-oriented citizens? It’s possible that I’m more of a cynic than I’d like to admit, but often times I fail to see why there’s this mass party and cheering when a new government — be it municipal or central government — is elected. I often find it more of a solemn trek.
Maybe calling political institutions “parties” have misconstrued the fundamental principles upon which the social contract/compact was initially formed. Based on theories by seventeenth-century political theorist Thomas Hobbes and the twentieth-century theorist John Rawls, we talk about this tacit agreement between the members of a society and the state (government) called the social contract.
Fundamentally, why do people enter into any contract? One obvious fact is that in pursuit of a given goal, and provided that a contract is fair, people may deem it necessary to take on some obligation or accept the limitations of some freedoms.
Social Contract and the Results-oriented citizens? It’s possible that I’m more of a cynic than I’d like to admit, but often times I fail to see why there’s this mass party and cheering when a new government — be it municipal or central government — is elected. I often find it more of a solemn trek.
Maybe calling political institutions “parties” have misconstrued the fundamental principles upon which the social contract/compact was initially formed. Based on theories by seventeenth-century political theorist Thomas Hobbes and the twentieth-century theorist John Rawls, we talk about this tacit agreement between the members of a society and the state (government) called the social contract.
Fundamentally, why do people enter into any contract? One obvious fact is that in pursuit of a given goal, and provided that a contract is fair, people may deem it necessary to take on some obligation or accept the limitations of some freedoms.