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The social contract was a theory where the people give up sovereignty/freedom to the government to maintain social stability. The main philosophers associated with the social contract were Locke, Rousseau, and Hobbes.

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A social contract is an agreement between members of an organized society or those governed and the government that has defined and limited the rights and duties of each.

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