Rousseau

Society and civilization have corrupted natural man “the noble savage,” and have brought about inequalities. If we terminate these societies and civilizations and return to our natural state, we will return to nature and natural happiness. Rousseau proposes to 4.- explain the origin of moral and political inequality. Humans in the state of nature are free and equal. There is no dependence and there is no oppression. There are two types of inequality. The first …showed first 75 words of 1283 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1283 total…The democratic system had enabled man to break out of the cycle of governments Rousseau had described. Rousseau is naïve and utopian. He thinks about a perfect society and in very idealistic terms. He does not take into account reality or any pragmatic necessities of modern life. He has a very black and white view of existence--the natural world is good society is corrupt. The truth lies somewhere in between the two. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**