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society �. Therefore to evolve into a humane and agreeable society people should give up their natural rights of appetite and conform to society by consenting to the process of law which has made them free - collectively consenting to the �general will� - a single correct path for people to follow or the policy which is equal in everyone�s interests.
Rousseau believed that it was wrong for the sovereign power over society to be held by just one man - the King. He believed that the people as a whole should be sovereign (the term Rousseau uses for the body of citizens acting collectively, with authority over themselves) . In the �Social Contract� he argues that government is justified only if sovereignty stays with the people. Therefore whilst the sovereignty could be delegated in various ways it could not be transferred and �resides ultimately with society as a whole, with the people, who can withdraw it when necessary �
In order for the objectives of the �general will� to be ...

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He has committed the worst of all crimes, that of lying before the law �. Could Rousseau therefore be regarded as the first totalitarian socialist based upon his principals defined in the �Social Contract�? To corroborate, he believed that �social order is a sacred right which is at the foundation of all other rights � and also felt that �a fair system of government is linked to a rough equality of wealth and power �. In order for Rousseau�s utopia - the �General Will�, to succeed it was important for the �people to respect each other and to see the government as their government �.
Jacques Louis David (1748-1825), was the leading French painter during the French Revolution and ...

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