With an Introduction by Derek Matravers.
Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal relationship between society and the individual, while others have.
Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will.
An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own.
In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society.
With an Introduction by Derek Matravers