Question

2. What was / is the social contract?

a. A psychological document used by professionals to prevent antisocial misbehavior.

b. A colonial governmental document of the House of Burgesses that established welfare provisions for impoverished families in Massachusetts Colony.

c. A political philosophical concept from Europe that defines proper government as an agreement between the people and their Sovereign.

d. All of the above

Answer 1

Option C – A social contract, though not a literal written agreement, is one that signifies an organized society or community’s willingness to give up certain rights in order to have their own rights protected by the very body (which may be a government/ruler/authority) that they give up certain rights for.