Unsocial: How can we modernize the "Social Contract"

Join us for a StoicDan lecture and Q&A on "Social Contract" as proposed by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and John Rawls (1921-2002). Rawls was an American moral philosopher and political theorist, who's book “A Theory of Justice” (1971) describes the idea of "the veil of ignorance". This famous thought-experiment encourages people to think about justice in society. Imagine if you were to position yourself outside of society and look back in. How would you adjust conditions of race, gender, age, wealth, etc. to make society fair and just? The only assumption is that you have basic abilities and want to join society. For his work, Rawls was awarded the National Humanities Medal (1999).

We will also review the contributions of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. What are the philosophical underpinnings? Plus, what is the social contract in our modern society? How can we answer questions like universal healthcare, public safety v. freedom, and public WIFI? The presentation will be about 10 minutes, so there will be plenty of time for Q&A and discussions.

Video - if you have time, watch this 7 minute video on John Rawls. https://youtu.be/5-JQ17X6VNg

(The above introduction was packaged by StoicDan - Thank you Dan for this awesome topic!)