Which Two Philosophers Proposed a Social Contract Theory of Morality

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which two philosophers proposed a social contract theory of morality?

• A) John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• B) Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill
• C) Karl Marx and Joseph Story
• D) Milton Friedman and Henry Ford
• E) R. J. Reynolds and Arthur Anderson.

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