POLS 2900 Lecture : POLS 2900 Feb. 26- Rousseau's social contract II.doc
4 Mar 2013
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1: forcing one to be free: by compelling someone to arrive at a decision, they can be made free through coercion, rousseau did not say that the particular will is irrational or that other impulses are irrational. The particular will, like the general will, can be rational. Rational goods and wants for ourselves: the public good can be known, with certainty, because it is objective. But only known by those who possess esoteric knowledge knowable only to philosophers. Sovereign: sovereignty is inalienable and indivisible- sovereigns can make laws. It is wrong to delegate the law-making power to a smaller group. You cannot trust them because they possess a private will. There is risk that those who use it will use it to benefit themselves at your expense. Rousseau distinguishes this as the will of all- the sum of private wills.
