사회계약론의 역사적 의의- 홉스, 로크, 루소의 사회계약론 비교 -

Abstract

When the teleological view of the world of Aristoteles began to disintegrate, many thinkers tried thought experiment with the social contract theory. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseu are three great philosophers of social contract theory. In their theories we can find the difference of theory construction. The theoretical difference of the nature condition leads to the theoretical difference of the social contract. This explains why their explanations of state and political power are so different. But the heyday of social contract theory is over. There are two main reasons. We never make a social contract once. If we don't have a social contract, we are not bound by a social contract. The government is also not bound by a social contract. Nevertheless Attempts to establish the basic structure of society have significant meanings. The theory of social contract opposes the attempt to establish the social order along with the nature law or the divine order. With the new theory of social contract Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseu advocate that human being and human society are not preordained by the nature or God.