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According to Social Contract theorists, how do they believe the fundamentals of society were brought about?
Through conventions and agreements, tacit or explicit
What did Hobbes depict the natural state of man to be like?
Nasty and barbaric
What did Rousseau compare the natural state of man to?
Pristine like a Garden of Eden
What are laws, including a Constitution, considered as, according to the text?
Expressions of the social contract
Test your knowledge of political philosophy with this quiz on the Social Contract theorists and their beliefs on the origin of society. Explore the concepts of conventions, agreements, and the "social contract" in the context of political law and reform.
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