Non-contractual Society: A Feminist View
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Philosophy
- Vol. 13, 111-137
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1987.10715932
Abstract
Contemporary society is in the grip of contractual thinking. Realities are interpreted in contractual terms, and goals are formulated in terms of rational contracts. The leading current conceptions of rationality begin with assumptions that human beings are independent, self-interested or mutually disinterested, individuals; they then typically argue that it is often rational for human beings to enter into contractual relationships with each other.Keywords
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