Sunday, September 1, 2013

The Contractarian Quadrilemma

If the social contract can be made in the state of nature, then the state is redundant.

If the social contract cannot be made in the state of nature, then the state is impossible.

If no social contract is in fact made in the state of nature, then the state is unjustified.

If no social contract needs to be made in the state of nature, then the state is a fiction.

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