The Individual or the State? (May 1, 2006)
The Individual or the State?
Butler Shaffer, www.lewrockwell.com, May 1 ’06
Drawn from the thinking of such men as John Locke, John Stuart Mill, and other advocates of individually-centered political philosophy, the social contract theory is premised upon each person having a right to protect his or her life and property from the intrusions of others.