Social Contract And Political Power

The idea of the social contract is one of the foundations of the American political system. The definition of the social contract explains that it is a theory that the government has only the authority accorded it by the consent of the governed. In other words the government only exists to serve the people, and they are the source of all its political power. Society can choose to give or withhold this power. Although the social contract theory attempts to validate government power, there have those that have shown that this power is still improperly granted.
In rejecting the ruling authority of the monarchs, America’s founders drew from new thinking in the enlightenment that men in a state of nature are equal and have certain rights by