Compare the Social Contract Theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant

question 52

Essay

Compare the social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. What are the important similarities? What fundamental principles or commitments do they all share? What are the important differences? Why?

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Definitions:

Double Taxation

Refers to the taxation of the same income or financial transaction at two different levels, such as corporate profits taxed both at the corporate and individual shareholder level.

Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholders from its profits or reserves.

LLPs

Limited Liability Partnerships, a legal structure for businesses where partners have limited liabilities.

Professional Practice

The conduct and work that someone in a specific profession, committed to ethics and standards, engages in.