One of the primary principles of Rousseau' s political philosophy is that politics and morality should not be separated. When a state fails to act in a moral fashion it ceases to function in the proper manner and ceases to exert genuine authority over the individual. The second important principle is freedom, which the Jean Jacque Rousseau state is created to preserve (1712~1778)
Jean Jacque Rousseau (1712~1778) One of the primary principles of Rousseau's political philosophy is that politics and morality should not be separated. When a state fails to act in a moral fashion, it ceases to function in the proper manner and ceases to exert genuine authority over the individual. The second important principle is freedom, which the state is created to preserve
View on governments: Government-an intermediate body set up between the subjects and the sovereign, to secure their mutual correspondence, charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of liberty, both civil and political A good government-. the government under which, without external aids, without naturalization or colonies the citizens increase and multiply most, is beyond question the best
View on governments: Government – an intermediate body set up between the subjects and the sovereign, to secure their mutual correspondence, charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of liberty, both civil and political. A good government – … the government under which, without external aids, without naturalization or colonies, the citizens increase and multiply most, is beyond question the best