How Does Rousseau Create A Legitimate Government

In his tract "The Social Contract, or Principles political rights" Rousseau formulates the idea of the establishment of the state and the laws on the basis of the social contract. The treatise opens the phrase, which later became the aphorism: "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." Recognizing the right of the people to revolt against the despot and the overthrow of absolutism, Rousseau, however, does not believe that the uprising would lead to the formation of a legitimate government. He proposes to construct an orderly, social life of the state on a contractual basis. The state will be represented by the sovereign institution it performs. Public contracts are concluded, all citizens of the state together. Everyone sends their

"But the drop, he says, of the expression of will cancel out the extreme, resulting in the remaining differences will have the name of" the general will. '" He sees the individual in two capacities: as a citizen, a member of the government (sovereign) and the media of the general will, and as a private citizen, a private will which may not coincide with the general. In this regard, "since everyone acts in a dual capacity, the decision taken by the people, may be binding on the relationship of citizens to the sovereign, but can not because of the antithesis to put on sovereign obligations in relation to himself." Thus, the sovereign, free from any obligations to the citizen. They're against sovereign responsibilities are alone. Sovereign can not harm individuals. It acts honestly, fairly and to the common good, ensuring the freedom of each. "The citizens do not need a guarantee against sovereign power, for it is impossible to assume that the body wanted to harm their members." Rejecting the interests of the minority, Rousseau demands their obedience taken by a majority decision. The minority is obliged to abandon the delusion and join the majority for their own benefit and