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A Fictitious Social Contract as the Basis of a Real Society
Kristijan Krkač
orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-8102
; Zagrebačka škola ekonomije i managementa
Borna Jalšenjak
; Zagrebačka škola ekonomije i managementa
Sažetak
In this paper the authors present the social contract theory as being fictitious and they propose, in contrast thereto, a hypothetical government contract. Also, they conclude that the debate between advocates of the social contract theory and natural law is a failed attempt at dialogue since both theories have fundamental flaws which «complement» each other. In the last section the authors endeavour to present a tempered version of a contract theory in the form of a hypothetical government contract applied to an economic contract between stakeholder groups, as a theory and a set of principles which can, theoretical difficulties put aside, be a solid heuristic tool in resolving the practical issue of balancing the demands of various interest groups within business enterprises and in resolving conflict situations between these groups.
Ključne riječi
autonomy; social contract; government contract; economic contract; stakeholders; common good; social principles; solidarity; subsidiarity
Hrčak ID:
37269
URI
Datum izdavanja:
9.6.2009.
Posjeta: 1.787 *