Este artigo está licenciado sob forma de uma licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional, que permite uso irrestrito, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, desde que a publicação original seja corretamente citada. ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to analyze the hypothesis that the Kantian concept of the original contract is conservative when compared to Locke and Hobbes regarding the right of resistance. In Locke's political philosophy, the insurrection is legitimate when the government does not comply with the terms of the contract, namely, protect and safeguard the life, the liberty and the property. According to Hobbes, we find the prerogative to disobey the authority, when the sovereign puts in danger the lives of subjects. In Kant's philosophy, the original contract becomes an idea of reason and it offers itself as an a priori instrument to the institution of the State and as a criterion of political and legal legitimacy. Nonetheless, unlike the English thinkers, Kant does not allow the right of disobedience and the right of resistance, even when the contract idea is not considered.