The Modern Social Contract Tradition
ISBN
978-94-007-1493-9
Type
book section
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Herzog, Lisa
Editor(s)
Luetge, Christoph
Abstract
This chapter discusses central strands of the modern social contract tradition. Distinguishing between moral and political theories on the one hand and contractualist and contractarian theories on the other, it presents one example of each of the ensuing categories: Gauthier's moral contractarianism, Buchanan's political contractarianism, Scanlon's moral contractualism, and Rawls' political contractualism. In the conclusion, strengths and weaknesses of social contract theories are discussed.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics
Publisher
Springer
Publisher place
Dordrecht NL
Start page
631
End page
645
Pages
15
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
220125