POL 2108 Lecture 12: Lecture 12--Rousseau.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2108
• Professor: Sophie Bourgault

Document Summary

Rousseau"s works were banned with the country: geneva was a republic, in which rousseau had an interest (though he"s not a die hard" democrat, lived in france, in which resided very corrupt people, believed he could become a famous composer and write on politics, meets madame de __________, converts to catholicism in exchange for financial support, considered himself lucky to participate in and wrote on politics being a citizen is about more than enjoying life, it also requires action, duties, etc. Laws of nature: we all want to preserve ourselves (whereas locke says we must preserve mankind, to the best of our abilities, we"re not sociable; we are selfish and independent (but unlike hobbes, who said we are constantly comparing ourselves to others, nature is relatively peaceful (why do we leave it??, civil society can"t be basis for political right.