What Is the "Social Contract" in Contractarianism Theories of Ethics

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What is the "social contract" in contractarianism theories of ethics?

• A) A hypothetical agreement specifying the role-based obligations for different members of society.
• B) A hypothetical agreement among people in an imaginary state of nature that defines the rules of morality.
• C) An actual agreement that people implicitly endorse by continuing to live in a particular society.
• D) An actual agreement that was signed in the distant past on which a society bases its moral rules.

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