POL305Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Political Philosophy, Legislature, Everyman
2 May 2016
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Individual alienates himself and all of his rights to that of the community/general will. Individuals can excursive and develop their faculties in civil society. Whoever refuses to obey general will will be forced to do so by entire body. In civil society man loses natural liberty and unlimited right to everything that tempts him. Gains civil liberty and proprietary ownership of everything he possesses. (different from basic possesion which is right of first occupant or mere effect of force. ) Civil liberty, individual obey rules he sets for himself. Soverignty is merely excerise of general will, therefore in alienable. Will is general or it is not, therefore it is indivisible. We always want what is good for us but sometimes we dont know what that is. General will can be tricked but not corrupted. For general will to realized people must think for themselves and not as a partial society.
