By DARLINGTON CHILUBATHE notion of a social contract arises as a means of answering one of the most important questions which is: Who does government really represent?Where does government draw the mandate to represent the nation and where is the evidence of consent from the people? Dictatorships and monarchs answer all these questions by masking their own needs as national needs thereby presenting themselves as the final answer to these questions. Logically, however, a contract is not a document that imposes the will of one upon many others, especially in a social or national setting. A contract is designed to be consensual at the very least.More than just a document, it is a guarantee that those with expectations have the indisputable right to withdraw their confidence if their expectations are not met.Conversely, those entrusted with the mandate to achieve certain outcomes on behalf of others are granted every opportunity to do so objectively. A social contract […]
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
