How does social-contract theory view our relations with others in society and with the state?
What will be an ideal response?
Social-contract theory views society as based upon the shared agreement of all individuals who are its citizens; as citizens, they give up certain rights and privileges in return for the protection and the mutual advantages of the state. It is as if we made a contract with everyone else in our society to live together according to certain rules that are in everyone's interest, including our own. In return for our obedience to these rules, everyone else will obey them too (or be threatened and forced to do so).
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