{"id":1078,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-lockes-social-contract-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2022-1306\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:19","slug":"comment-on-the-lockes-social-contract-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2022-1306","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-lockes-social-contract-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2022-1306\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Locke&#8217;s Social Contract in 150 words."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">contract argues for limited, consent-based government, not absolute power men quit a moral state of nature (freedom \/equality under natural law, not Hobbes&#039;s war) only for its inconveniences<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">state of nature + inconveniences (no settled law \/ no impartial judge \/ weak enforcement) \u2192 chief end = life, liberty, property \u2192 distinctive two-stage split of society and government \u2192 unanimous community, then government as trustee \u2192 society prior to government, delegated power only \u2192 limited surrender (legislate \/ execute \/ judge) with natural rights retained \u2192 consent (express \/ tacit), unanimity then majority rule<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Hobbes&#039;s single-stage contract \u2192 absolute sovereignty, against Locke&#039;s consent- based, revocable trust (Waldron: rights held as trust cannot pass to arbitrary power \u2192 absolutism ruled out)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">government a conditional fiduciary trust; breach dissolves the government, not society contract becomes the foundation of constitutional, accountable, limited rule<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[56],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1078","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-western-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1078\/revisions\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}