POLS 2900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ston
4 Oct 2018
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Even if you remove constraints, still not really free. To fix, we need to create virtous citizens of these miserable, competitive citizens, selfish. Come up with an association to bring everyone together. A (cid:374)e(cid:449) type of so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)a(cid:272)t. e(cid:448)e(cid:396)yo(cid:374)e"s li(cid:271)e(cid:396)ty i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:396)po(cid:396)ated. Each individual has to entirely submit themselves to society. Each person gives himself equally, stakes are equal so no one will create conditions to harm yourself as it will harm them. According to rousseu, this equality is necessary for liberty. Most liberals prior believed prior natural freedom was given up to live under rule of law. Each person puts his power under the direction of the general will, meaning. The will of all of us, not just majority, in our consent to form this society. What is in the benefit of the community, is the general will. What is in the benefit of you, is the particular.
