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Jean Jacques Rousseau–The Social Contract

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"d39b46b3f7ef22b4a3a221038394de7c" data-index&equals;"1" style&equals;"float&colon; left&semi; margin&colon; 10px 10px 10px 0&semi;">&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Sociology Learners 336 X 280 Post Top --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;inline-block&semi;width&colon;336px&semi;height&colon;280px" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7649183549375766" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1656902389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine;&lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Rousseau was eminent political philosopher of 18th century&comma; he starts his famous social contract by the phrase &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;men are born free yet&comma; he is in chains everywhere” with this statement Rousseau defines&comma; the countless categories of chains in civil society&period; Which impede the freedom of man which Rousseau states that&comma; is the birthright of human beings&period; Rousseau was interested in the liberty and equality of men&period; He says that&comma; civil society does nothing to promote liberty and equality which is the birth right of each and every individual&period; Furthermore&comma; he believed that government should not interfere in the business of civil society because such interference would be like&comma; taking away the right of freedom from people&period; According to Rousseau&comma; the legitimate authority or government is the one which come from the mutual consent of people&period; When People with mutual consent and social contract agreed for such government for their security and personal interests&comma; is the only legitimate political authority&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Rousseau explains his social contract by&comma; philosophical justification&period; According to him group of people which enter into the civil society by&comma; their own will is known as&comma; sovereign&period; The sovereign is the metaphor used for the unified will of the people&period; This principle is used for unified or general will of people because each individual in society has different needs&comma; wants and opinion&comma; however&comma; sovereign refer to the collective will of people&period; Rousseau says that&comma; legislature should formulate the law keeping in view the general will of people&period; And the government role is to only execute those law which are the general will of people&period; In this way people will have complete freedom because&comma; law is formulated according to their will&comma; they have entered in a social contract with government and with one another&period; If someone’s breaks the law he will have to face the punishment because he deviated from his own will and social contract&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&NewLine;<&excl;--CusAds0-->&NewLine;<div style&equals;"font-size&colon; 0px&semi; height&colon; 0px&semi; line-height&colon; 0px&semi; margin&colon; 0&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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