This paper delivers a step toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract. While mainstream social contract theory is based on an original position model that is defined in an aprioristic way, we endogenize its key elements, i.e., develop them out of the individuals’ moral common...

The purpose of this study is to identify themotivations that drive the agent's search for technologicalnovelty.First, a hypothesis on a concrete human want and its motivationalimplications is presented.According to this hypothesis, there is a basichuman desire to avoid physical effort beyond a...