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contractarianism
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con·trac·tar·i·an·ism  (kntrk-târ--nzm)
n.
Any of various theories that justify moral principles or political arrangements by appealing to a social contract that is voluntarily committed to under ideal conditions for such commitment. Also called contractualism.
contrac·tari·an adj.
contrac·tari·an·ist adj.
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61) From Wolin's point of view, Rawls is the final outworking of the contractarian tradition which was from the beginning the attempt to deny history, particularity, and difference.
Democratic time: lessons learned from Yoder and Wolin by Hauerwas, Stanley / Cross Currents
Popular appeals to the humanity of slaves, the invocation of rights, contractarian notions of property, self-possessed individualism, will, agency, responsibility, protection, and so on did not ultimately serve the struggle for black liberation in the U.
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in ... by Patterson, Anita / African American Review
Under the individualistic, contractarian assumptions of modern "marriage," there may be no great problem.
A Place at the Table. The Gay Individual in American Society by O'Brien, Dennis / Commonweal
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