POLS 2900 Lecture 7: Rousseau - Social Contract .docx
15 Dec 2014
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Chapter 1 that sovereignty is inalienable p. 170. The general will could only exist though if the people and the sovereign consent to it, he says that the consent of the people ought to be presumed on the basis of universal silence. Chapter 2 that sovereignty is indivisible p. 171. Sovereignty is inseparable for the same reason that it is unchallengeable": the reason is, the will could ever be general or it is not! Chapter 3 whether the general will can err p. 172. The general will is always right and always tends toward public utility. Only when the populace is tricked can it appear to want what is bad. There is a big difference between the general will and the will of all: the general will considers only the general interests, the will of all considers private interests and is the sum of many private wills.
