![]() ![]() ![]() This quest reached a climax during the Enlightenment when philosophers and political scientists rejoiced over the discovery of a new model depicting the relationship between the individual and the State: the social contract.Īccording to the theory of the social contract, individuals may leave an anarchic “state of nature” by voluntarily transferring some of their personal rights to the “community” in return for security of life and property. ![]() Political theorists have long attempted to find a plausible rationale for the existence of the coercive State. ![]() Bobby Taylor is a senior at Sullivan South High School in Kingsport, Tennessee. ![]()
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