What is the role of government? Should it exist to provide safety and security for its citizens or to maintain order because humans are fundamentally selfish? Is an equitable society possible? What would such a society look like? Episode 73 is the first of a mini-series on social justice in which we consider the social contract that exists between a state and its people according to the divergent views of four political philosophers. We Explore The United States Declaration of Independence The natural state and natural law Social Contract Theory according to Hobbes and Leviathan Locke's second treatise of government The Social Contract according to Rousseau A theory of justice by Rawls Show Notes Episode 45 - Moral relativism Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes Two Treatises of Government – John Locke The Social Contract – Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rosseau and Locke on Property and the State – Matt Schrage A Theory of Justice – John Rawls The Here and Now Podcast on Facebook The Here and Now Podcast on Twitter Send me an email Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thehereandnowpodcast)