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social contract
The enlightenment-era concept that human beings abandon their natural state of individual freedom to join together and form society. Although, in the process of forming a social contract, individuals surrender some freedoms to society as a whole, government, once formed, is obligated to assume responsibilities toward its citizens and to provide for their protection and welfare.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Sociology
- Category: Criminology
- Company: Pearson Prentice Hall
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- M.Holmes
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