Clearing the Ground for a New Social Contract
Solon, Rousseau and Locke Revisited
Keywords:
justice, Social contract, Win-win-win method, Democracy, Rousseau, Locke, Freedom of ContractAbstract
We are today at a societal juncture, where we need new approaches to tackle societal issues. The transition from an industrial society to one dominated by digital means, as well as the neoliberal policies that have been dominating during the past 30 years or so, have led to growing social inequalities. Thus, a new social contract is often called for, and it is then timely to look back at Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract. We will do so here, and pin Rousseau's theory down through the Papakonstantinidis' Win-win-win method.
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