##  [Contractualism](/index.php/contractualism) 

  ##  [Contractualism](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/contractualism-0) 

  

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Definition

A moral theory holding that moral norms are those principles that no one could reasonably reject when justification must be given to others affected by those principles; justification to persons—not aggregate welfare or historical contracts—is the central standard.