The Essence Of Malikism
Submitted by madnotes on May 13, 2008
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The Essence Of Malikism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau makes it explicitly clear in his writings, “The Social Contract and Discourses†that he believes strongly in personal freedom and autonomy. Rousseau believed that a truly free government is one where everyone votes, every citizen. Rousseau argues that by everyone surrendering his or her rights to the sovereign equally they maintain freedom. He believes man has the most freedom in the state of nature, but because man has the ability to rationalize and the desire to be social, he must enter a social contract with others in order to have a free and equal society. Rousseau adamantly defends his belief in autonomy in his Discourses on the State of Nature, the...
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