Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET July 2018 Political Science
For Locke, which of the following is not true in case of social contract?
AContract, once made, is irrevocable
BContract to which each generation must not consent ✓ Correct
CContract in which men give up some of the rights they possessed in the state of nature
DContract does not put an end to the Law of Nature
Correct answer: (B) Contract to which each generation must not consent — The statement that does not hold for Locke is that the contract is one to which each generation must not consent, so the answer is option two.
Explanation
★The statement that does not hold for Locke is that the contract is one to which each generation must not consent, so the answer is option two.
★For Locke consent must be renewed by each generation, since no one is born already bound to a government.
★He develops the idea of tacit consent, by which enjoying the protection and property of a society implies agreement.
★Locke does hold the other points: men surrender only the right to enforce the law of nature, not all their rights, and the law of nature continues within civil society.
★He also treats the community-forming compact as enduring, so that society does not dissolve even when a particular government is changed.
★So the only false statement is the claim that fresh consent is unnecessary.
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