Social Contract Essay

The purpose of a Social Contract is to keep society in order. Ways of keeping society in order are human rights, the constitution, police departments, and education in which all contributes in having a progressing society. Human rights have to be protected which are the first 13 or 14 amendments that's states people's rights. If humans didn't have any rights of their own we would feel enslaved due to that we have no freedom. The Constitution contains laws that every human being has to follow unless if you live somewhere else other than the U.S. Police departments maintains society regarding the Constitution; even the police must obey the laws and their own rules. In addition, the education we take also sets examples of how we should always follow rules or laws. In classrooms we have rules that we must follow like listening to the teacher and so on.

The definition of a Social Contract and some other information is, a voluntary agreement among people defining the relationship of individuals with one another and with government and by this process forming a distinct organized society. Concern over the origin and conditions of political obligation was manifest even in the writings of philosophers and statesmen in ancient Greece and Rome. Such ideas were not systematically formulated, however, until the latter part of the 16th century, when Protestant philosophers sought a democratic principle with which to oppose the authoritarian theory of the divine right of kings. In the 17th and 18th centuries the theory of a social compact among individuals of a society was linked with the doctrine of natural law.

A setting for a social contract would be like in school, at home, basically everywhere you go which contains written and unwritten rules. At school students rights are commonly violated and yet some aren't. For example, "articles about controversial subjects written for student newspapers are censored. Lockers and backpacks are searched without reasonable suspicion. Minority students are excessively pushed in lower track programs. Majoritarian religious practices are officially allowed by teachers and school administrators. Female students are excluded from certain extracurricular activities, and gay students are intimidated into silence. Teachers and administrators have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for the students that is conducive to learning. They also have a responsibility to respect each student's individual rights. These two missions are not incompatible. Simply put, students have rights too (www.aclu.org)." Students rights in universities are according to (FERPA), 1) Students have the right to inspect and review their education records within 45 days of the day the University receives an appropriate request for access to those records. 2) Students have the right to request amendment of their educational record if they believe that they are inaccurate or misleading. 3) Students have a right to restrict the release of personally identifiable information contained in their education records except to the extent that FERPA permits disclosure without consent. 4) Students have the right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the University to comply with the requirements of FERPA. In homes, parents sets rules for their kids, which are unwritten yet though you must obey your parents, so these rules they set out must be enforced. These rules mostly are doing your daily chores like fixing your bed, wash your mouth, do your homework on time, and evening chores like passing the vacuum, mopping, cooking, cleaning bathrooms or your pets.

Some rights of mine and responsibilities are that in home I can do anything I want except going against any rule that my parents set out for me. My rights in home are limited due to that I have parents, but if I owned a house then my rights would be staying up until I want, going out whenever I want, talking to whoever I want, etc... because I'm an adult. As a child I don't have any rights to go against my parents except that they can't eavesdrop on me due to invasion of privacy and other rules which as a teen I can use off the constitution. My responsibilities are to again to follow my parent's rules and do my daily necessities like brushing my teeth. In school I have no rights due to that it's all about doing your work, listening to teachers, doing my