Question

Name the theory proposed by Rousseau.

Answer 1

• Rousseau proposed the Social Contract Theory.
• He believed that people's condition were better before the advent of societies. The development of societies, he argued, had made people interdependent on each other. Therefore, he stressed on a civil society wherein people can liberate themselves from such interdependencies via social contracts.
• He was opposed to the ideas of governance via a representative assembly and emphasised that men should make the laws themselves.
• He also questioned the institution of private property and discarded the will of majority.

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