Ethics and Values / Unit 3 Ethics 128 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Social Contract
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The idea
The social contract theory holds that morality consists of the rules rational people would accept for mutual benefit, on condition that others accept them too.
In practice
Professional codes work this way: each engineer forswears cut corners because the profession's shared forbearance is what makes any signature trusted.
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