The ILO, Social Contracts and the Human-Centred Approach to Work

Abstract

Such a concentration of powers can be brought about only as a consequence of an agreement reached between individuals. But the self-preservation of each single man derives primarily from his own strength and from his freedom. How, then, can he limit these without, at the same time, doing himself an injury and neglecting that care which it is his duty to devote to his own resources? Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract