Social Contract Paper

Write a two-page paper answering this question: What are some of the key underlying assumptions of social contract ethics?

The documents Writing an Ethics Paper and the Turnitin Reference Guide in the Course Resources folder on the course’s main page may be helpful. Papers should include a title page and reference page. Abstracts are not necessary.

Use at least two pieces of information from this week’s textbook reading(s) to support your argument. You have an option to supplement your paper with additional material if needed, which must be from scholarly sources (i.e., peer-reviewed journal articles, books, etc.). Wikipedia is not a credible source. The paper should be a minimum of two full pages.
This is the reading and objectives for the week along with the book used for the class
Week 5 Objectives

?Explain ethics as a human creation.
?Explain the purpose of ethics in relation to the social contract theory.
?Explain the veil of ignorance and how it relates to the social contract theory.
?Discuss the need to trust and cooperate in order to derive self-interested benefits.
?Discuss the assumptions employed by the social contract theory, including individualism and narrow obligation.
Assigned Readings

Waller, B. (2011). Consider Ethics: Theory, Readings, and Contemporary Issues (3rd ed.) New York, NY: Pearson Longman.

?Chapter 7: Social Contract Ethics
?The Broken Contract