Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which of these books is Not authored by a social contract thinker?
ACritique of Pure Reason
BA Letter Concerning Toleration
CEl Panoptico ✓ Correct
DElements of Law, Natural and Politic
Correct answer: (C) El Panoptico — El Panoptico is not by a social contract thinker, so it is the odd one out.
Explanation
★El Panoptico is not by a social contract thinker, so it is the odd one out.
★It was written by Jeremy Bentham, who was a utilitarian, not a contractarian.
★It sets out his idea of the Panopticon, a model prison built for constant surveillance.
★Critique of Pure Reason is by Immanuel Kant, who belongs to the contractarian tradition.
★A Letter Concerning Toleration is by John Locke, a central social contract thinker.
★Elements of Law, Natural and Politic is by Thomas Hobbes, the founder of modern contract theory.
★So only Bentham's work stands outside the social contract school.
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