... have no moral significance. Only in a fair trade, of freedom for promotion of the general will, is man able to use reason and, thus, apply morality to his/her actions. Only when the people are restrained by their own desire to reflect among one another, as a whole, and form an agreement, ... can rule by force, but will only rule successfully with the willingness of his people: "However strong a man, he is never strong enough to remain master always, unless he transforms his Might into Right, and Obedience into Duty" (Book I: III 172). Rousseau uses Book III as the mode through which he ....

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... have no moral significance. Only in a fair trade, of freedom for promotion of the general will, is man able to use reason and, thus, apply morality to his/her actions. Only when the people are restrained by their own desire to reflect among one another, as a whole, and form an agreement, ... can rule by force, but will only rule successfully with the willingness of his people: "However strong a man, he is never strong enough to remain master always, unless he transforms his Might into Right, and Obedience into Duty" (Book I: III 172). Rousseau uses Book III as the mode through which he ....

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... as he yields others over himself" In this way Rousseau attempts to get over the problem of servants and masters by making every man both master and servant of every other. Once bound by the social contract in this way the public take on the form of the body politic, which ... the citizen who's mind is not clouded by his particular interests he will naturally seek to advance the general will. "Right men's opinions, and their morality will purge itself."(On the Social Contract Bk.4 chapter VII, p.88) Rousseau supposes that the state needs an official censor whose role would be to ... enco...

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