📜 The Traditional Social Contract
The social contract, as theorized by philosophers like Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, is a foundational concept in political philosophy.
Definition: It is an implicit or explicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, sacrificing some individual freedoms for the sake of order and protection by a government or ruling body.
Signatories: The contract is exclusively between rational, moral agents—namely, human beings—who are capable of:
Understanding the terms and implications of the agreement.
Consenting to relinquish certain natural rights.
Adhering to laws, norms, and civic duties.
The Rat's Exclusion: Rats are driven by instinct and lack the capacity for rational, moral consent and conscious adherence to a human legal system. They do not participate in human political or legal life, which are the products of the social contract.
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