... good as what is best for society as a whole, which is what the social contract intends to accomplish and also what the general will strives for. Although the sovereign only has power over matters that are of public concern, its influence in this area is absolute. An unbiased, non-civilian law giver makes the laws which must provide liberty and equality. Rousseau suggests that as ... the sovereign contains legislative power through the laws, states also need a government bestowed with executive power to handle day-to-day business. Unlike Hobbes, Rousseau proposes that "aristocracies ... ...

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