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People should be able to knowingly enter into whatever contract they want. Glad you agree. Should a company should be able to... Contract theory is far more
by wissler 13y ago
People should be able to knowingly enter into whatever contract they want.
Glad you agree.
Should a company should be able to...
Contract theory is far more rich a subject than you realize. In your example, a rational theory of contract wouldn't be enforced based on mere promise, but would allow contracts to be broken so long as it puts both parties more or less back to where they were before. E.g., if you promise to paint my home for $100, but then you don't paint my home, I can't then enslave you and force you to paint the home, rather, I get my $100 back.
This is of course an approximate explanation.
- hackinthebochs 13y agoAnd who is there to enforce the various tenets of contract theory? The fact is, if certain clauses of a contract are enforceable through state action then the state can and should have a say in what clauses it will enforce. Simple as that.
- wissler 13y agoIt's clearly not as simple as that, since there is such a thing as tyranny and perversion of justice. Now, you may be the kind of person who would approve of what his government does, whatever it does, and you may even be in the majority, but that doesn't make you right. I also imagine that, like most people with such views, you have cognitive dissonance. I.e., there are some governments that you think should change their behavior, on moral grounds.
- hackinthebochs 13y ago>It's clearly not as simple as that, since there is such a thing as tyranny and perversion of justice. It would be helpful if you tied in statements like that to the main discussion thread so that I could respond in a meaningful way. As is stands you're not really making an argument so I can't respond to anything without guessing at the logical connection.