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Single Idea 7241
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 3. Alienating rights
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Full Idea
What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and the absolute right to anything that tempts him; what he gains is civil liberty and the legal rights of propery in what he possesses.
Gist of Idea
In society man loses natural liberty, but gains a right to civil liberty and property
Source
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract (tr Cress) [1762], I.8)
Book Ref
Rousseau,Jean-Jacques: 'The Social Contract', ed/tr. Cranston,Maurice [Penguin 1972], p.65
A Reaction
It is an appealing idea that the purpose of society is to increase liberty, not to restrict it. That, on the whole, is my view. American libertarianism opens up the world to gun crime, vigilantes, pornographers and bounty-hunters.
The
15 ideas
with the same theme
[people's choice to give up some rights]:
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2369
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If we seek peace and defend ourselves, we must compromise on our rights
[Hobbes]
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19918
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Forming a society meant following reason, and giving up dangerous appetites and mutual harm
[Spinoza]
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19919
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People only give up their rights, and keep promises, if they hope for some greater good
[Spinoza]
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19921
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Once you have given up your rights, there is no going back
[Spinoza]
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19925
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In democracy we don't abandon our rights, but transfer them to the majority of us
[Spinoza]
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19928
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No one, in giving up their power and right, ceases to be a human being
[Spinoza]
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19929
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Everyone who gives up their rights must fear the recipients of them
[Spinoza]
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19932
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The early Hebrews, following Moses, gave up their rights to God alone
[Spinoza]
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19873
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We all own our bodies, and the work we do is our own
[Locke]
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19884
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There is only a civil society if the members give up all of their natural executive rights
[Locke]
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19794
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If we all give up all of our rights together to the community, we will always support one another
[Rousseau]
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7241
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In society man loses natural liberty, but gains a right to civil liberty and property
[Rousseau]
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19806
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We alienate to society only what society needs - but society judges that, not us
[Rousseau]
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21084
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In the contract people lose their rights, but immediately regain them, in the new commonwealth
[Kant]
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21065
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You can't make a contract renouncing your right to make contracts!
[Kant]
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