POLC71H3 Lecture : Rousseau (Property and Human Nature)
23 Apr 2011
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Rousseau says that it is not just and not good for anyone. Rouseau says that hobbes looked at people around him in civilization who are prideful and war-like, and put them back in the state of nature. We cannot just assume that the dispositions that we see (the competitiveness and aggressiveness) are part of our natural state. 2: therefore, we must go back to find out what is actually in the state of nature and not contribute characteristics of civilization to our natural state. Self-preservation and pity: we have 2 drives a drive for self-preservation and pity (self-pity, this is what we share with other animals. Hobbes does not see that people have pity in their natural state. It is actually pity and sympathy that holds us together. You need people who speak the language but in the state of nature, rousseau says that there is no language.
