Ultimately, one would be better off rejecting the government and returning to the State of Nature, with hopes of constructing a better civil government in the future. Jean-Jacques Rousseau had two complementary social contract theories. The first one, clearly expressed in his Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men (Second Discourse), and the second one on The Social Contract published in 1762. According to Rousseau, the State of Nature was some sort of peaceful idealistic place. People lived solitary and uncomplicated lives. There was a relatively small population whose needs were satisfied by the abundance of nature and competition didn’t exist. Under these conditions individuals were morally pure and naturally endowed with sympathy, and were not inclined to
Ultimately, one would be better off rejecting the government and returning to the State of Nature, with hopes of constructing a better civil government in the future. Jean-Jacques Rousseau had two complementary social contract theories. The first one, clearly expressed in his Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men (Second Discourse), and the second one on The Social Contract published in 1762. According to Rousseau, the State of Nature was some sort of peaceful idealistic place. People lived solitary and uncomplicated lives. There was a relatively small population whose needs were satisfied by the abundance of nature and competition didn’t exist. Under these conditions individuals were morally pure and naturally endowed with sympathy, and were not inclined to