Past in Perspective.

The social contract theory is a hypothetical agreement between the ruler and the ruled. It determines the rights and duties of each and was based upon the notion of the state of nature in which humans were born into, according to Thomas Hobbes. This state changed as humans developed the ability to reason and created societies with governments. This theory was most developed during the 17 and 18 centuries through the work of philosophers like Hobbes and John Locke, even Jean-Jacques...