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Social Contract Theory Of Moral Obligation

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According to the Social Contract Theory moral obligations are dependent upon the protection that society brings. If one if is to live in a society and benefit under the protection it can provide, people must abide and concede by a majority of the rules a society has enacted. The United States was socially founded on freedom and the right to found a better life. The State of Liberty, which for multiple years has represented the social obligations of Americans has been inscribed with the words from Emma Lazarus, “Give me your tired, your poor, your hurled masses yearning to breathe free… Send these, the homeless, tempest-toss to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” We as citizens of the United States of America would be not fulfilling our social obligations if we were to deny refugees. Hence, by the Social Contract Theory, it is morally permissible to allow refugees to enter the United States. I’m applying this theory because we can find value in determining an actions righteousness by remembering certain obligations and standards we have, in this case, we have obligations to live by the foundations of the country we live in. …show more content…

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