Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
Detailed Solutions, References & Explanations
Unique number: 807873
Due Date: 28 March 2025
QUESTION 1
a)
A ―social contract‖ describes a collective agreement among individuals to create and live
under a shared system of rules in order to ensure order, security, and mutual benefit in
society. This idea emerges from the premise that citizens voluntarily consent to be governed,
thereby legitimising the authority of the legal and political institutions that arise. Philosophers
such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau developed different
versions of social contract theory, but they share a belief that humans, seeking to escape a
chaotic ―state of nature,‖ come together under an agreed set of laws and structures. The
contract thus provides legitimacy to governing bodies, as the people themselves have elected
to be bound by their own collective rules. In modern constitutional democracies, this is seen
through participation in elections, referenda, and other civic processes, reflecting the
continuing commitment of citizens to uphold the laws and institutions formed by their joint
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