Social Contracts

A contract is an official agreement between two or more parties/groups of people which involves allowing or disallowing some kind of rule action. Therefore, a social contract would be this type of agreement within a population. The social contract would aim to benefit both parties that are involved in the agreement, ideally creating peace and social harmony.

My own social contract is that people are naturally selfish, yet are raised to give back and be respectful of others. Religion and education attempt to instill these values into people as they grow, hoping to create a peaceful individual one by one. However, humans (for the most part) will tend to themselves and make sure they prosper before they help others around them. Although people still do great things for each other, humans are initially and naturally selfish, which is understandable.