Which enlightenment philosopher wrote a social contract on which citizens agreed to live together to protect the rights and in which citizens would obey the general will of the community?

Answer 1

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Answer 2

Enlightenment thinkers viewed the social contract theory of government as problematic. They believed that the government would not be able to provide the means to alleviate the problems that modern society has created.

Answer 3

The Social Contract was a focus of philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose book "The Social Contract," inspired American patriots. The principle is that people relinquish some of their rights to an authority in exchange for the authority to protect their remaining rights.

Answer 4

John Jacques Rousseau was the enlightenment philosopher who wrote a social contract on which citizens agreed to live together to protect the rights and in which citizens would obey the general will of the community.

Answer 5

English philosopher john Locke expressed the idea of social contracts during the Age of Enlightenment. John Locke is also known as the father of Classical Liberalism.

Answer 6

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Answer 7

Jean-Jaques Rousseau.

Answer 8

Locke

Answer 9

John Locke.