Editing Social contract (section)

=== The model of the social contract ===
There is a general form of social contract theories, which is: <blockquote>''I'' chooses ''R'' in ''M'' and this gives ''I*'' reason to endorse and comply with ''R'' in the real world insofar as the reasons ''I'' has for choosing ''R'' in ''M'' are (or can be) shared by ''I*.''<ref name="D'Agostino-2019">{{Citation|last1=D'Agostino|first1=Fred|title=Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract|date=2019|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2019/entries/contractarianism-contemporary/|encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Fall 2019|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|access-date=2020-09-08|last2=Gaus|first2=Gerald|last3=Thrasher|first3=John|archive-date=2021-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205032334/https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2019/entries/contractarianism-contemporary/|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>With ''M'' being the deliberative setting; ''R'' rules, principles or institutions; ''I'' the (hypothetical) people in [[original position]] or [[state of nature]] making the social contract; and ''I*'' being the individuals in the real world following the social contract.<ref name="D'Agostino-2019" />