Modern Social Contract Theory

by Albert Weale

Modern Social Contract Theory provides an exposition and evaluation of major work in social contract theory from 1950 to the present. It locates the central themes of that theory in the intellectual legacy of utilitarianism, particularly the problems of defining principles of justice and of showing the grounds of moral obligation. It demonstrates how theorists responded in a novel way to the dilemmas articulated in utilitarianism, developing in their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198853548
• ISBN13: 9780198853541
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"