What's wrong with this deal? Attempt to analyze the problems associated with contractual rhetoric Cover Image

O co chodzi z tą umową? Próba analizy problemów związanych z kontraktualną retoryką
What's wrong with this deal? Attempt to analyze the problems associated with contractual rhetoric

Author(s): Michał Podniesiński
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.

Summary/Abstract: There are two major aims of this paper. First is to discuss and analyze numerous flaws in the social contract theory, which are extremely common both in liberal literature of the subject and contemporary politics. I try to underline that most of this discourse’s suggestive power stems from its overuse and misunderstanding. In many contexts and books contractarian discourse is used as a magic spell, which, rather than suspicious, is usually taken as a sufficient justification. The second reason is to make an attempt to organize and clarify most of contractarian words and idioms in order to extract their adequate sense and meaning. This careful exegesis of some of contractarian arguments allowed me to construct a typology which provides, as I can hope, much deeper understanding of the range of problems regarding social contract.

  • Issue Year: 8/2011
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 37-56
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish