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Title Social Contract Theories
Duration 60
Module A
Lesson Type Lecture
Focus Ethical - Ethics Fundamentals
Topic Social Contract Theory

 

Keywords


Social Contract, Hobbes, Moral anti-realism,

 

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Instructions for Teachers


Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan from 1651

Social contract theories can be initiated with the story of Thomas Hobbes and the Leviathan. This requires the understanding of the historical context and some reasons behind the gradual loss of appeal of religious ethics for the intellectual elite.

 

 

 

 

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The Human-Centered AI Masters programme was co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union Under Grant №CEF-TC-2020-1 Digital Skills 2020-EU-IA-0068.

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