POLS 2000 Lecture 11: POLS 2000 Week 11 Lecture 1.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2000
• Professor: Frank Cameron

Document Summary

In his social contract from 2nd discourses , he says private property gives rise to inequalities: many of the ills he finds in his society stem from the creation of private property; it leads to unequal wealth, sees rich and poor as constantly at war and then the rich wake up and see that they should not fight, they try to dupe the poor and say stop fighting and join society and we will provide you with social institutions, rights, etc. In contrast to hobbes view of humans as inherently egoistic, selfish, etc. grounds it: patriotism, love of country, rousseau is adamant that we need a commitment to community, hates the idea that money has become the most important good, have to have money to purchase machines, goods, etc, for rousseau, if you value money above all else, the only things that matter are.