Essay plan 1 / Rousseau

Why according to Rousseau are dissentient individuals obliged to obey the general will under the conditions of the Social Contract?

Introduction

What is the general will?

Background- what is Rousseau trying to do?

How is it discerned (problems with this process?)

What is the social contract?

Contrast with other kinds of ‘contract’

NB not the same as ‘accepting’ benign authority

Why R. states that all must obey general will

Examples (murder)

Consequences of not obeying

Problems this leads to

Conclusion

One response to “Essay plan 1 / Rousseau

  1. it’s obviously not in the same league as rousseau, but have you seen the alfred hitchcock film ‘rope’ which touches on these issues?

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