Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn't easy, b

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Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our
neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn't easy, but can we
avoid doing so?
If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety,
then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of
others. Self-interest involves community interest, and we must
think about what we are willing to give up in order to get that
safety and stability for ourselves, our families, our community,
our nation, and even the world.
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are just two examples of social
contract moralists. Locke's philosophy helped Thomas Jefferson
formulate the United States Declaration of Independence. We are
interested in what it means to live together in an orderly way
under a social contract.
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