Tag: social contract
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Why Should We Obey the State? Hobbes on Political Obligation
The second episode in our Hobbes trilogy examines covenant, authorisation, sovereignty and the reasons citizens owe obedience to the state.
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Rousseau: Freedom, Inequality and the Problem of Modern Society
Rousseau’s writings expose the tensions between freedom and dependence in modern society. This essay examines his critique of progress, account of inequality, general will, educational theory, gendered exclusions and contested political legacy.