Author(s)

Yan Zhang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ CNPC Managers Training Institute, Beijing, China

Corresponding Author

Yan Zhang

ABSTRACT

In a sense, social contract theory is a theory of political philosophy. Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau are the representatives of modern western social contract theory. Although there are great differences in their theories of social contract, their contributions to this theory are of great significance from the perspective of value philosophy. Although their theories stem from different value purposes, in essence, their value purposes and value principles are the same. The only difference lies in that their theories belong to different stages of development and have different degree of theoretical maturity.

KEYWORDS

Social contract theory, theory of political philosophy, value

CITE THIS PAPER

Yan Zhang, An Analysis of Social Contract Theory: Based on a Comparative Analysis of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2024) Vol. 6: 120-126. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2024.060218.

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