On the contrary, it is a contract with the community as a whole which thus becomes that common political superior--the State--which is to enforce the law of nature and punish infractions of it.
Laski emphasizes that the social contract is an agreement with the community, which acts as the political authority.
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The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
In a time of crisis, particularly, when the things we hold most dear are threatened, we shall find the desire to throw overboard the habits of tolerance, almost irresistible.
When I obey the state, I obey the best part of myself.
But if the Church is not a supernatural institution, what is its nature?
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