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Title: The Social Contract (Wordsworth Classics of ...
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Paperback
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This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Derek Matravers
In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will.
Title: The Social Contract (Wordsworth Classics of ...
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Details:
This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Derek Matravers
In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will.