Social Contract: John Locke And Jean Jacques Rousseau

The so called social contract is as old as philosophy itself. The social contract is a term that refers to the beliefs that the state only exists to serve the will of the people. These people are the source of all political power by the state. With this political power, the people can choose whether to give or withhold this power. This whole setup of the social contract is the foundation of the American political system. Thomas Hobbes theory was that people together agreed to create a state and giving it just enough power to provide protection of their well-being. Once the state received the power, the people then gave up any right to that power. Giving up this power was worth the protection they needed. John Locke had accomplished many achievements
His writings also influenced the founding fathers of our country. Benjamin Franklin used many of his writings to further his educating with. It gave them some ideas for our constitution. It also leads to the ideas of democracy of the modern age. Jean Jacques Rousseau was a man of many traits. He was a writer, a composer and a philosopher in the 1700s. He published many works that had a great influence on society and politics. He also had an influence on literature also. Jean Jacques Rousseau had many political theories that had a great influence on the American and French Revolutions. Rousseau had two extremely important works published in 1762. They were Emile and The Social Contract. His first published work named Emile was also known as On Education. This had array of his ideas views on monarchy and government. His work argued that the institution of religion differed from the natural religion of man. Which made the churches turn against him. The churches didn’t want anything to do with Rousseau. The churches put bans on his book in France and Geneva. Eventually Rousseau had fled from the area because the authorities were after him for his