Tutorial # 7. Social Contract Theory. Few Definitions

Fig. from Principiacomica

See also Contractarianism by Ann Cudd (SEP)

Contract theory places the foundation of morality in an agreement struck and kept by all moral agents. As with consequentialist and deontological theories, there are many variants of the theory.

Contract Theory –
The family of moral and political theories concerned with contract or agreement.

Contractarianism - (Hobbes, Gauthier).
Morality concerned with constraints in the face of rational pursuit of self-interest.

Contractualism – (Rawls, Scanlon).
Morality concerned with understanding and respecting others as rational beings who can justify their actions