Every Social Contract Theory, Explained
Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau's social contract theories, compared.★Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/williamcfox
0:00 Intro
00:40 Hobbes Leviathan
1:23:39 Interlude: Pateman
1:48:12 Locke's State of Nature
2:26:03 Locke's Social Contract
3:02:12 Interlude: Mills
3:24:06 Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality
3:56:34 Rousseau's Social Contract
4:36:28 Why Obey?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1iMwo8tPPk&list=PLiYWV5aO6Vc0nVps2B1UbuxHyfsM1iAUZ Harvard Phil 171: Modern Political Philosophy by Rawls 1984; Lecture 2 for Rawls explicitly including women, and suggesting that further groups/questions of justice behind the veil would be expected in future.
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