social contract: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Libertarianism.org - Contractarianism/Social Contract. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project - Ethical Explorations: Moral Dilemmas in a Universe of Possibilities - Bound by AgreementThe Principles of Social Contract Theory. | Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: LOUIS Pressbooks - Readings in Western Philosophy for Louisiana Learners - Thomas Hobbes On the Social Contract. | Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CCCS Open Textbooks - PPSC PHI 1011: The Philosopher's Quest - Social Contract Theory: Hobbes. | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - ABC Radio National | Future Tense - Building a new social contract. | Dec 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - Evaluating social contract theory in the light of evolutionary social science (PDF). | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Liberty University - Scholars Crossing - The Social Contract and Feminism (PDF). | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boise State Pressbooks - Business Ethics: 100 Questions - What is social contract theory? | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: E-International Relations - The Social Contract Theory in a Global Context. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IU Indianapolis ScholarWorks - Examining Social Contract Theory. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Introduction to Political Science - The Laws of Nature and the Social Contract. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Ethics Centre - Social Contract Theory. | Jun 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Evaluating social contract theory in the light of evolutionary social science. | May 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Social Contract. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Social Contract. | Feb 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Libertarianism.org - Contractarianism/Social Contract. | Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "The Social Contract". | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa State University - Department of Economics - Introduction to the social contract theory. | Jul 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Noida International University - Social Contract Theory. | Apr 24, 2023 | ||
| Added a cross-reference to the Britannica article “Leviathan.” | Mar 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rice University - Social Contract Theory. | Jan 02, 2023 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 27, 2021 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 06, 2019 | ||
| Added photograph. | Nov 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Social Contract Theory. | Jun 06, 2014 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - The Social Contract. | Dec 19, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract. | Oct 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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