While the term "social contract" has not been wide­ly used in America, the idea of some mutual obligation between society and the individuals that comprise it is deep-seated in the American view of ...

In America, we don't tend to use the words "solidarity" and "social contract" as frequently or naturally as the Europeans do, but the idea of a social contract is actually as American as apple pie--or ...

After weeks of chainsawing the federal government with no regard for the destruction of vital departments or the damaging effects on everyone from American farmers to veterans, Elon Musk recently ...

The health-care case wasn't about broccoli or the Commerce Clause. It was about ratifying a change in our nation's social policy. In civics class we learn that federal courts decide whether laws ...

In an attempt to explain the theoretical foundation of a contemporary constitution in less than 15 minutes, I referred to Magna Carta, used a sentence or two from Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and, ...

An eye-opening New York Times article, written by a professor at neighboring UNC-Chapel Hill, Dr. Rita Koganzon, caught my attention last week. It describes how universities are increasingly extending ...

Last week, I wrote about what leaders can do to create what Margaret Wheatley called islands of sanity: microclimates of connection, trust, and meaningful work that offer team members some respite ...

The social contract approach to business refers to the strategy a company chooses when it accepts informal expectations from the public and makes social and environmental responsibility important to ...