Communitarians tend to be critical of the concept of a social contract because

A) ?they are doubtful that individual selves, prior to the origins of society, really existed.
B) ?they believe that society was formed on a religious and not a contractual basis.
C) ?they don't believe in human rights.
D) ?they don't believe in contractual rights.


A

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