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The study examines formation peculiarities of a social contract as a form of social agreement that determines the value grounds for interaction between citizens. The specifics of transformation of emotional experiences into rational attitudes of moral evaluation of the convention that meets the mutual interests of the parties involved in the social process is presented. Historical examples of the social contract formation related to the political and moral constants established as a result of social experience of survival of the individual are analyzed. The defining role of feelings, forming the atmosphere in society, which dictates the choice of moral priorities by a citizen, with the help of which he or she builds social communication, is established. The complex influence of political and moral factors on the range of state regulation of civil relations is emphasized. The comparison of feelings of shame, fear, love, which were used as the basis of social contract in different historical periods, allows us to draw a conclusion about the interdependence between emotional perception of social events and moral obligations. Political and social crises demonstrate the need to change the principles of the binding basis in society, which justifies the need to transform the moral standards of communication. Keywords—social contract; social convention; agreement; moral obligation; sense of shame; sense of fear; civil society

Reason and Feelings in Moral Convention