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Rousseau Social Contract

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In a society you can’t have anarchy otherwise it would become a blood bath where everyone kills one another. The death penalty dates back to the eighteenth century B.C. to current day where it is now a more controversial topic. In The Social Contract Rousseau debates political investments that come with monarchy, and as a result the anarchy that has ensued throughout time. As a society it has always been our obligation to determine what is considered morally right from what is wrong. Our views as civil society have changed dramatically from the early eighteenth century to current day. Without having the social contract by which every man in civil society is bounded by there would be no self control therefore causing us humans to act as animals. Rousseau begins the first chapter by stating “Man …show more content…

One of our rights as society however is determining the difference between right and wrong and whether or not it abides by what we call the social contract. The death penalty has been a controversial issue since the beginning of time however it has been desensitized. The death penalty used to be done by crucifixion, drowning, beating to death, burning alive, and impalement however we civilians have realized that the death penalty is horribly flawed and throughout time has transformed it to lesser extreme measures. Rousseau states “It is expedient for the state that you should die’, then he should die, because it is only on such terms that he has lived in security as long as he has and also because his life is no longer the bounty of nature but a gift he has received conditionally from the state.” (Rousseau 78) Rousseau believes that if its in the best interest of society then the use of the death penalty is socially correct. Once a man breaks the law and becomes a criminal to society your rights as a civilian are immediately taken away. It is in the countries best

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