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The Social Contract Theory

If the state of nature is so pleasant and people in it so moral, why would anybody create a society or join up with one?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau suggested this natural evolution is the result of the need for individuals to cooperate. However, forming societies takes away the individual's freedom and protects the inequalities that lead rulers and people into vice. Rousseau's solution was to create a social contract that could enable all members of society to follow their own will while living in a society.

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Living In A Rousseauan Society

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  • The general will could ensure an equal society.
  • Major inequalities would be absent.
  • It would be a small society, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau feared a large country would not find the common cause.
  • People would be able to act free...

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The General Will

The general will is the key to Rousseau's social contract theory. He stated that any legitimate state must be based on the general will. All laws and actions the state undertakes must be in accordance with it.

The general will is the will of the sum of individual w...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Ideas Can Broaden Our Thinking

As with most political philosophy, the real concern is how his big ideas are considered in our society.

Whenever we discuss topics like what it takes for a government to be legitimate, if modern society is good for us, or what we think should be subject to a vote, we draw ...

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The State of Nature

Jean-Jacques Rousseau speculated about what the world was like before societies were created. It was important for political philosophers as it could be used to explain the motivation for creating and supporting a state.

Rousseau suggested that the state of nature was a morally neu...

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Questioning If Society Provides Anything Beneficial

Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that human nature only becomes corrupted after we move into society.

  • He thought problems like theft could only be problems after society formed.
  • He argues that art and science haven't improved most people's moral fibre.
  • ...

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Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss Enlightenment philosopher who argued passionately for democracy, equality, liberty and supporting the common good.

Rousseau was born in Geneva in 1712. He wrote several major works on politics, education, music and botany. But his controve...

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The Individual Will And The General Will

The shift between being able to follow the individual will and the general will is not so easy to establish.

Finding the general will is based on three approaches.

  • A highly democratic model is where citizenry discusses legislation at town hall meetings. Magistrate...

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Examples Of A Near Rousseauan Society

  • In practice, the Quakers got the closest to a Jean-Jacques Rousseauan society even though it is a religious notion unrelated to Rousseau's philosophy. The Quakers seek God's will through discussion and end up in agreement on what it is.
  • The French Revolution can be viewed as an att...

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