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A 3 page essay in which the writer summarizes the principal points made Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the eighteenth century French philosopher, in regards to the reasons behind social inequality. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Rousseau examines one of the most relevant questions to the happiness of millions of human beings, which is what factors contribute or bring out a state of inequality between citizens
within a given society. This is a question that still plaques the modern world, as leader try to cope with the inherent problems of poverty. The aim of his Discourse
is to address the foundations of inequality among humanity and to determine if there is any basis for such inequality in natural law. By "natural law," Rousseau means if there
is any justification for why some people have so much more than others. For example, in previous eras, white supremacists argued that the white race held its superior position in
Western culture due to inherent racial traits, i.e., that darker races deserved their positions of servitude. Examination of Rousseaus Discourse shows that he argues that inequality has no basis in
nature and that inequality is both unnatural and unrelated to the true nature of humanity. Rejecting religious descriptions of the origins of humanity, Rousseau begins by imagining people living in
a state of nature, prior to society and the development of reason (2004). He conjectures what life would have like in such conditions and judges people living in nature to
be animals, much like any others, motivated primarily by their urge toward self-preservation. Rousseau posits that the only true factor that separates humanity from the animal kingdom is "perfectibility," which
is a quality that allows human beings to be shaped by their environment (2004). Rousseau imagines that natural forces drove people to all parts of the world and that the
need to survive provided the impetus toward the development of language and other skills (2004). As people start to live in groups and develop civilization the primary motivations of self-preservation
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