Philo Cafe - The Social Contract: today, tomorrow or just yesterday?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote of "the Social Contract" at a time when the rules of war were still those defined by Grotius and the poets of Antiquity. His ideas not only incited the French Revolution where Hobbes and Locke had failed but also the Jacobin Reign of Terror which set back the rebirth of democracy by many decades.
This discussion seeks to explore, inter alia, the following assertions (and their applicability in the modern world where the rules of warfare have radically changed). “We’re only feel free when we set our own rules”, “When others set the rules for us, we eventually overturn them”, and “The price of freedom is contributing to the establishment and enforcement of laws”.

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This event is part of season FIVE of our philosophy cafés and it’s part of a Paris-based Cercle de Réflexion dedicated to sharing existential, philosophical, and leadership ideas that shaped (and are still shaping) our world!
This club-like English-speaking group meets every first Thursday of the month and it's made for anyone interested in educational discussions and resources about philosophy, where you don’t need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it.
Format:
This discussion-type event will be made of a short lecture. The lecture will be followed by an open group discussion, inviting everyone's take on the subject matter.
Reminder:
No-shows and last-minute cancellations aren't tolerated.
No-shows usually get people removed from the group!