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Social contract theories always consist of three elements: (1) individualism, (2) contractual autonomy, and (3) a certain conception of a natural state (Rawls: original position).
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Tiedemann, P. (2020). The Social Contract Approach. In: Philosophical Foundation of Human Rights. Springer Textbooks in Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42262-2_3
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