The Social Contract (Royal Collector'S Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover With Jacket) - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Bog

The Social Contract theorizes that the ability to coerce is not a legitimate power, and there is no rightful duty to submit to astatethat enslaves its people. In this desiredsocial contract, everyone will be free because they all forfeit the same number of rights and impose the same duties on all. Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues that it is absurd for a man to surrender his freedom forslavery;thus, the participants must have a right to choose the laws under which they live. The Social Contracthelped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France.The Social Contractargued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right. Rousseau argues that smallcity-statesare the form of nation in which freedom can best flourish. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket. ...