Comments on: Social Contracts http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/14/social-contracts/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: WeThePeople http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/14/social-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-34246 WeThePeople Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:14:04 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/social-contracts/#comment-34246 Brewton mentions the source for "contract" being John Locke, read the "2nd Treatise on Civil Govt." Here Locke mentions something our founders borrowed for the Declaration's natural rights to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. Locke used property instead of happiness. I believe more importantly that our contract may be null and void. In order to have a contract, both parties need to be adults, non-infirm, cogent and understand the terms of the contract. When have we citizens had the wisdom and education to understand the meaning and principles vested and enumerated in the Constitution? Are we getting better at it? We citizens are today lost in a perpetual state of adolescence and nihilism. Example the Liberals unable to rationalize; they blame others, use name calling and obfuscation where no true debate is possible. Example the conservatives too busy making a living in our utopia, to actively engage in securing their natural rights Today for many reasons, our citizenry is not fulfilling their contract by participating as the most important agent necessary for the preservation of their own liberty and property. People only pay attention during election cycle and too many are easily duped by the subjective media. Brewton mentions the source for “contract” being John Locke, read the “2nd Treatise on Civil Govt.” Here Locke mentions something our founders borrowed for the Declaration’s natural rights to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. Locke used property instead of happiness.

I believe more importantly that our contract may be null and void. In order to have a contract, both parties need to be adults, non-infirm, cogent and understand the terms of the contract. When have we citizens had the wisdom and education to understand the meaning and principles vested and enumerated in the Constitution? Are we getting better at it?

We citizens are today lost in a perpetual state of adolescence and nihilism. Example the Liberals unable to rationalize; they blame others, use name calling and obfuscation where no true debate is possible. Example the conservatives too busy making a living in our utopia, to actively engage in securing their natural rights

Today for many reasons, our citizenry is not fulfilling their contract by participating as the most important agent necessary for the preservation of their own liberty and property. People only pay attention during election cycle and too many are easily duped by the subjective media.

]]> By: sedonaman http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/11/14/social-contracts/comment-page-1/#comment-32214 sedonaman Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:33:56 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/social-contracts/#comment-32214 "The 'social contract' under which government can effectively provide economic security to workers is a concoction of President Franklin Roosevelt's 1930s New Deal, entirely unknown in the preceding 320 years." I thought this idea came from late 19th century Germany, and the U. S. was the last of the industrialized countries to adopt it. Anyone have any thoughts on this? “The ‘social contract’ under which government can effectively provide economic security to workers is a concoction of President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1930s New Deal, entirely unknown in the preceding 320 years.”

I thought this idea came from late 19th century Germany, and the U. S. was the last of the industrialized countries to adopt it.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

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