Social Contract By Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract was written by Jean- Jacques Rousseau in 1762. The Social Contract was written because Jean-Jacques Rousseau he thought he had a good idea for organizing government. He thought that all mankind should not focus on the needs of the individual but for the rights of the community. He believed in the general will which is the rights of the community are more important than your own. When it comes to sovereignty Jean-Jacques Rousseau thinks that it’s indivisible. He’s saying government is just a link between the people and the sovereign. The sovereign is “people who give their consent enter into a civil society”. There’s a big difference between people who actually believe in the general will of the whole society and what each individual actually thinks about giving up all of their rights for the society.
They are chained to make certain mores because of the type of Government we have. Jean-Jacques Rousseau thinks the Social Contract is the best solution in defending and protecting members of the society and making sure that the men are still equally as free as they were before. He does not want them to feel like they are slaves to law. The Social Contract is a commitment and you do not obey that commitment. The sovereign make decisions that are best for the general will of the society and if you violate what the sovereign ask of you death penalty is recommended. If you follow the law of the general will you are assured to rights. There has to be participation in the government because if no one participates and goes to meeting then the society will not work. The general will is supposed to inform the society of laws created by the state. Each law has to obey the fact that they cannot take away anyone from the society’s