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The Social Contract Theory: Evolution of Government for Safety and Protection

Explore the origins of government through the Social Contract Theory, as explained by Hobbes and Locke. Discover how individuals come together, surrendering rights for security, property protection, and formulating a governing body. Learn why altering or abolishing ineffective governments is a fundamental right in ensuring safety.

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The Social Contract Theory: Evolution of Government for Safety and Protection

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  1. Political Theory

  2. I. Theories on the origin of state • I. Force theory– the strongest person or group will control a country • II. Evolutionary theory– government evolve naturally out of family structures • III. Divine Right Theory– God chooses a royal family to rule the country • IV. Social Contract Theory– Governments are created from people. People give up their right to everything in exchange for safety and protection of property.

  3. 1. State of Nature: In the beginning of time, men lived without rules, morals or values. Man was free to do as he wished. • 2. By nature, men are equal, diffident, and seek glory • 3. Consequently, if there are no rules and men possess the three qualities above, all men have the right to all things • 4. Life becomes ‘nasty, poor, brutish and short’

  4. 5. Men recognizing that life is awful and short, come together and form a contract. They each give up their rights to all things in exchange for safety. • 6. Theory first explained fully by Thomas Hobbes in his book “Leviathan” 1651. • 7. John Locke expands on this idea in his 1689 work “Two Treatises on Government”

  5. 8. Locke explains that governments are created to keep up safe and protect our property. • 9. The best form of government is legislative government • 10. And if government cannot keep us safe and protect our property, it is our duty to alter or abolish it and write a new contract to create a government that will work.

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