... and corruptions that savage man surrendered his rights, not to a single individual, but to the community as a whole. Comment [CB17]: You need to be very careful to properly designate your quotes. Comment [CB18]: You may not need to describe the transition into society in such detail. After establishing man in the state of nature, your next task is to look to ... to reinstate a pre-existent but then lost harmony to mankind and unite them under a popular prerogative. Representation here is simply not enough; citizens must be actively involved by more of a direct democracy to enact it. In ...

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... consent of the people, to provide umpires' (not indifferent judges), and to be a policing power to execute punishment and sentences. A legislative government is made by a contract among the citizens, with direct representative legislature and the consent of the governed. This creates "the bonds of society...by agreeing with other men."" These British thinkers were roundly discussed in the 18th century French ... . Calvin believed the state controls sinful men and women and that discipline restrains the refractory. This is because "the insolence of the wicked is so great."" In his writing...

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