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Social contract theories view humans as naturally social while individualism is an invention

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Is it true that social contract theories view humans as naturally social while individualism is an invention?

No. Social contract theories typically treat humans in the pre-political state of nature as isolated or asocial individuals rather than viewing them as naturally social beings whose social bonds precede the contract.

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Wikipedia: Social contract
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Wikipedia: Social contract. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract

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OpenAIRE: Introducing Realistic Power Relations into the New Social Contract
2024
Notes contract theories seek to justify arrangements from an imagined pre-political condition of independent individuals.
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OpenAIRE: Introducing Realistic Power Relations into the New Social Contract. (2024). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198878650.003.0002

OpenAIRE: The The Social Contract Theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke: Comparative Analysis
2021
Shows Hobbes and Locke begin with individuals outside community in a state of nature, not viewing humans as naturally social.
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OpenAIRE: The The Social Contract Theories of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke: Comparative Analysis. (2021). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v9i1.4042

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