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This 4 page paper examines the concept of individual rights. Locke and Rousseau's ideas are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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that is often subject to debate. The problem is that people realize that they must live with others in society. They have to get along with many other people. At
the same time, they want certain rights so that they can do what they like. They feel that certain things should be allowed in society because they are personal. They
may want to smoke in public or be able to use illegal drugs. They may feel that prostitution should be legal. Many of these things are illegal because according to
much of society, allowing these things is detrimental in a general way. They point to the drug addict who steals or the prostitute that may spread AIDS. There is a
sense that in society, there must be limits. Few dispute that idea. With the exception of a handful of anarchists, rules are deemed as necessary. Perhaps the most famous part
of a work called The Social Contract, written by John Jacque Rousseau is as follows: "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master
of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What can make it legitimate? That question I think I
can answer" (Rousseau, 1762). The philosophers answer is in fact the social contract. At the same time, Rousseau does seem to support the will of the people. It appears
that arguments against the theorist come from the notion that there is leadership and order. It is not as if Rousseau is trying to fool the public or take command.
He genuinely believes that his brand of democracy is positive and that it will lead to a legitimacy in government. Goldberg (2004) explains: "Rousseaus ideal society would
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