PRESENTATION OUTLINE
"Man was born free and he is everywhere in chains."
Problem: what association will protect the individual and guarantee that person's freedom?
Solution: the individual gives up his rights to the whole community.
Is the law in conformity with the general will, for the common good?
Challenges
- Overcome special interests
- Think of the common good
- Involvement of all
"Substituting justice for instinct in his conduct."
References
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract.
- Stumpf and Feiser, Socrates to Sartre and Beyond.