Rousseau, The Social Contract
Book 2
Chap. 1-2 Why is Sovereignty inalienable and indivisible?
Chap. 3 Why is the General Will always upright? Why is it fallible? What is the solution for this?
Chap. 6 What is Rousseau's definition of a law?
Chaps. 8-10 What are Rousseau's main points about "the people"?
Book 3
Chap. 1 What is Rousseau's conception of "government"?
Chaps. 4-8 What is Rousseau's assessment of the three kinds of government and of "mixed" government?
Chap. 8 Why is it that all forms of government are not suitable for all people?
Chap. 9 What is the sign of a good government? Why does he choose this one?
Chap. 10 What leads to abuse of government, and why does it tend to degenerate?
Chap. 18 How are the usurpations of government to be checked?
Book 4
Chap. 1 Why is the General Will indestructible?
What are Rousseau's assumptions throughoutt his work about the nature of man and of good and evil?
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