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This 5 page paper provides an overview of Rousseau's and Kant's philosophies concerning the social contract, autonomy, free will and so forth. Each of the philosophers' theories are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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rule of law? If one cannot feel free to frolic about in their own nations, how can they be authentic, and autonomous? Why must there be restraints and why must
people rely on the government, and others, to some extent? The short answer is because people live with other people. Individual lives are not autonomous. They are inextricable with others
and their actions affect everyone else. However, the situation is more complex and many philosophers have broached this subject. Two well known philosophers who touch on the variances between freedom
and state rule are Jean Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant. It has been said that Rousseau and Kant are intent on securing human autonomy in civic life, and Kant
specifically pays attention to this in the moral and intellectual spheres. However, in this domain, many questions loom large. First, why are both theorists so concerned with autonomy and why
do they find its opposite so troubling? In order to comprehend those questions it is prudent to look at its opposite. Autonomy in this context is total freedom from government
and the right to do what one wants, and the opposite of that would be total dependence on government. In the real world, few governments would allow either situation to
exist. Yet, it would be troubling for anyone to be completely dominated by any outside force, because many hold that human beings are born to be free. They yearn to
be free, and that is an intrinsic condition. Jean Jacques Rousseau is best known for his social contract theory, which essentially means that the general will is supposed to
apply to all (Honderich, 1995). At the same time, this philosopher valued freedom a great deal and is responsible for the saying "man is born free; but everywhere he is
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