Social Contract

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This paper will compare Hume and Rousseau on the issue of the social contract's impact on freedom. The paper discusses their opposing views, in that Rousseau believed that the alternative to the social contract is to be found in the concept of the general will; Hume maintained that there is no alternative.

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"Comparison of Hume and Rousseau on the Infringements of Freedom Caused by the Social Contract Entering into the social contract is equivalent to voluntarily entering a low- or medium-security prison. Both Hume and Rousseau agree with such an assessment of the social contract, although for different reasons. The social contract provides two benefits - protection and stability - but at a very high price."

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