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    as “an individual who has entered or works under (or‚ where the employment has ceased‚ worked under). The ERA defines ‘contract of employment’ as “a contract of service or apprenticeship‚ whether express or implied‚ and (if expressed) orally or in writing. The variance between the two is Contracts of Service and Contracts for Service. To begin with‚ the difference a Contract of Service is‚ where an employer and an employee have a relationship that is continuous. The employer has a duty of care

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    Society: A Review of Social Contract Theory The Social Contract Theory works as a rule of moral constraints in society for the common good. For Rachels’ perspective‚ “The Social Contract Theory: The right thing to do is to follow the rules that rational‚ self-interested people would agree to follow for their mutual benefit.” (Rachels 158) Based on “self-interested” criteria‚ people “need another enforceable agreement” to last harmonies which are built on this social contract. (Rachels 88) However

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    In the Social Contract‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s key viewpoint is that all men are born free‚ but end up being in chains everywhere in the course of their lives (Rousseau and Cole 2 ). Rousseau argues that modern political states repress the basic freedoms which men possess as their birthright. These political states then lead men into the civil society in which the civil freedoms of men are not secure. Most importantly‚ Rousseau points out that the legitimacy of political authority can only be a

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    “Without a social contract there would be no morality...” In this essay I will be debating whether moral motivation is purely existent as a result of a ‘social contract’ through an insight to conflicting philosophers’ hypothesis. The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes supported the idea that a social contract is necessary in order for a moral society to be attainable. Hobbes argued that morality would be non-existent within ‘a state of nature’. This is a society that lives in the absence of a social

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    THOMAS HOBBES AND HIS THEORY OF SOCIAL CONTRACT Human beings live in a world that is full of rules‚ regulations and most of the time they don’t have chance to refuse or change them. The majority of the world population lives in territories where there are official‚ organized institutions called “states”. human beings lived freely in nature without a central‚ binding power long period of time in history. Thomas Hobes who tried explain necessity of the state explain the transition from

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    of crime‚ nor extend aid to those citizens unable to afford signifies a break in the social contract. The legitimacy of the sovereign for Hobbes remains‚ “as long as and no longer than the power lasts by which he is able to protect them‚” (Hobbes 298) suggesting that the philosopher would agree that the Mexican Government’s inability to defend their underprivileged citizens warrants a break in the social contract‚ allowing individuals to seek defense by any means necessary. Hobbes original description

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    The Social Contract of John Locke AJS 532 Introduction The concept of the social contract comes from Socrates‚ as described by Plato in Crito. “Then the laws will say: ‘Consider‚ Socrates‚ if we are speaking truly that in your present attempt you are going to do us an injury. For‚ having brought you into the world‚ and nurtured and educated you‚ and given you and every other citizen a share in every good which we had to give‚ we further proclaim to any Athenian by the liberty which we allow

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    Topic 3: Breach in contract 1) Breach of contract: Spanish Contract Law provides a broad notion of breach of contract for any behavior that departs from the specified behavior in the contract in any way (time‚ quality‚ substance‚ etc.) or is not specially justified on legal grounds (actions forbidden by the government are not breaches since they are justified on a legal ground). The general benchmark to determine breach is the contract agreed by the parties themselves‚ and not external notions

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    writings suggest he is a social contract thinker‚ a deeper investigation demonstrates a conflict with many of the other tenants of Kant’s thought. Not only do most of the important elements that make up Kant’s political philosophy appear to be established on things other than consent (Brandt‚ 1982; Mullholland‚ 1999); but even when considered in the aggregate‚ Kant’s political state seems to be missing any substantive aspect of the consent that remains so dear to the social contract theory.

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    The Influence of Locke’s Social Contract on The Declaration of Independence During the 1700s the American settlers suffered the abuses from their Mother England‚ and constantly fought through the rebellious spirit that lived within them. As their last hopes for independence dissolved by the greediness of the king‚ a man raised his voice‚ encouraging his subalterns to defend their freedoms. Richard Henry Lee proclaimed‚ “that these United Colonies are‚ and of right ought to be‚ free and independent

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