POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Sovereign Citizen Movement
24 Sep 2018
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Ended up from last not with rousseau making opposite claims: the freedom that we enjoy in nature is no good at all, mere enslavement of our appetite, only liberty is when one obeys oneself moral liberty. Pg 169 last line: civilization, social contract is the only way we can become equal. Rousseau"s solution is: the only way i can be truly free is if i give myself the law, we don"t need to be protected from the law because we all give to the law. Central idea of this book: us legislating for ourselves = only way we can be free. General will exists when we give ourselves the law all the time: will = what you want, but you can train in and try to improve your will. Book 2: explaining what the general will is: last 3rd of book 2: explain conditions under the general will. General will = just an idea, cannot exist in pure form.
