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Excerpt from The Theory of Contract in Its Social Light We may push our analysis of contract a step further, by means of the ideas - using them in their most general sense - of egoism and altruism; self regarding and other-regarding tendencies. In contract we have a peculiar instance of the com bination of these two principles in one social fact; though our, explanation of the combination, from this stand-point, must not be regarded as final. If we confine our View to the obligation implied, to this conduct of which we have been speaking, we see that the fulfilment of the obligation, the carrying out of the conduct, is essentially an altruistic act on the part of the person who does so. Whether the obligant does a certain thing or exercises a certain forbearance, he performs a duty; he acts for the good of others, not in his own interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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