Social contract

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A '''social contract''' is an implicit agreement among people, persons or agents that results in the organization of [[Complex Society|complex society]], the individual surrenders liberty in return for protection, common resources and public goods. The notion of the social contract is that individuals unite into a society by a process of mutual consent, agreeing to abide by certain rules and to accept duties to protect one another from violence and fraud. Historically, "social contract" is a term used by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau to describe the appropriate relationship between individuals and their governments. In a civilization or [[Complex Society|complex society]], citizens gain civil rights in return for accepting the obligation to respect the common rules and laws. If too many members of a society break the social contract, i.e. if too many want to benefit from the public goods but nobody wants to contribute, it can lead to the "tragedy of the commons". == Links == * Wikipedia entries for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society society], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract social contract], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons tragedy of the commons], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good public good] [[Category:Complex Systems]] [[Category:Social Systems]] [[Category:Philosophy]]

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