Political Science · Western Political Thought
Which of these does not belong to the social contract tradition?
- 1. Ronald Dworkin
- 2. John Rawls
- 3. Jeremy Bentham
- 4. David Gauthier
- 5. Immanuel Kant
A1 and 2
B2 and 3
COnly 3 ✓ Correct
D3 and 4
Correct answer: (C) Only 3 — Only Jeremy Bentham does not belong to the social contract tradition, so the answer is only 3.
Explanation
★Only Jeremy Bentham does not belong to the social contract tradition, so the answer is only 3.
★Bentham was the founder of classical utilitarianism, which judges acts by their consequences.
★He famously dismissed natural rights and the social contract as fictions.
★John Rawls revived contract theory through his idea of the original position.
★David Gauthier built a modern contractarian theory of morals by agreement.
★Immanuel Kant grounded the state in a hypothetical original contract of reason.
★Dworkin's hypothetical insurance scheme also works in a broadly contractarian spirit.
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