Social contract is a broad class of theories that try to explain the ways in which people form states and/or maintain social order.
Social Contract may also refer to:
Policies
- Social Contract (Britain), a policy of the British Labour party in the 1970s
- Social contract (Malaysia), an agreement concerning citizenship rights
- Social Contract (Ontario), a 1993 wage restraint initiative in Ontario
Books
- The Social Contract, a book Jean-Jacques Rousseau published in 1762
- The Social Contract (1970 book), a paleoanthropology book by Robert Ardrey
Other
- "The Social Contract" (House), an episode of House
- The Social Contract Press, a printing company
- Debian Social Contract, which frames the moral agenda of the Debian project
See also
- Contractualism, ethical theories based on social contract theory