Editing Social contract (section)

===David Gauthier's ''Morals by Agreement'' (1986)===
{{Main|Contractarian ethics}}
[[David Gauthier]]'s "neo-Hobbesian" theory argues that cooperation between two independent and self-interested parties is indeed possible, especially when it comes to understanding morality and politics.<ref name="Iep.utm.edu-2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/#SH3b |title=Social Contract Theory [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy&#93; |publisher=Iep.utm.edu |date=2004-10-15 |access-date=2011-01-20 |archive-date=2011-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116033545/http://www.iep.utm.edu/soc-cont/#SH3b |url-status=live }}</ref> Gauthier notably points out the advantages of cooperation between two parties when it comes to the challenge of the [[prisoner's dilemma]]. He proposes that, if two parties were to stick to the original agreed-upon arrangement and morals outlined by the contract, they would both experience an optimal result.<ref name="Iep.utm.edu-2004" /><ref name="stanford1">{{cite web |url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contractarianism/#3 |title=Contractarianism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) |publisher=Plato.stanford.edu |access-date=2011-01-20 |archive-date=2011-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429065139/http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/contractarianism/#3 |url-status=live }}</ref> In his model for the social contract, factors including trust, rationality, and self-interest keep each party honest and dissuade them from breaking the rules.<ref name="Iep.utm.edu-2004" /><ref name="stanford1"/>