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Discourse On The Origin Of Inequality
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Rousseau writes in answer to a question proposed to him, namely, what is the origin of inequality? Almost all of the philosophers writing before him tended to assert that certain things were inherent in man’s original nature, and that this lead to the origin of government and law. Rousseau, however, takes a different approach. He argues that mo ....
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....ilized mind to even conceive of it.
Man then, according to Rousseau, began with only two motivations: an ‘ardent[] interest[] in our wellbeing and our self preservation, and … a natural repugnance to seeing any sentient being, especially our fellow man, perish or suffer.’(855) The principles of ‘natural right and wrong’ then flow from th.... |
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