Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Hypocrisy And Fraud

Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, came up with a natural morality concept which contrasted with what he termed as hypocrisy and fraud portrayed by the contemporary civilized man. In his book, he paints a picture of a man in the state of nature as he was before civilization. In this state man’s natural goodness was not yet corrupted by the society. His fundamental idea was of moral sentiment concept which was innate in all individuals and not that which was acquired from the community. He argues in his book that the source of all vice in human actions can be traced because, “there no original sin in the human heart.” (Rousseau). According to him, the only passion acquired naturally is selfishness which melts down to self-love. A child has no necessary relation to other people because he is naturally indifferent to them. Jean says a child will not do anything just because someone else is what or tells them to do it, but he does it because nature calls him to do so. He says that the child may do wrong but with no intentions of causing any harm which is now the vice.
Rousseau believed that the nature of humans provides that they do not intend to do harm. He clarifies that this does not mean that they will not do things that will harm people or possessions, …show more content…
He developed a comprehensive view of human life concept based on mechanistic and materialism. He was a believer that people live their loves avoiding pain and searching for pleasure. According to him, thoughts in human beings are connection echoes between past motion and desired the sense of action or aversion. Interments of activities are the initials in the human body before they are manifested through speaking, walking, striking among other visible effects. Even though the details of this materialistic account are crude, they are recognizable and can be associated with human right from the ancestors and are still hotly debated up to