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'Tropes', 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality' and 'Reply to Hellman'
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
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19775
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People must be made dependent before they can be enslaved [Rousseau]
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19784
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Enslaved peoples often boast of their condition, calling it a state of 'peace' [Rousseau]
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19785
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If the child of a slave woman is born a slave, then a man is not born a man [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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19746
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Like rich food, liberty can ruin people who are too weak to cope with it [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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19786
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Three stages of the state produce inequalities of wealth, power, and enslavement [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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19788
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The pleasure of wealth and power is largely seeing others deprived of them [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
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19777
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Persuading other people that some land was 'owned' was the beginning of society [Rousseau]
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19782
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What else could property arise from, but the labour people add to it? [Rousseau]
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19781
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Land cultivation led to a general right of ownership, administered justly [Rousseau]
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19754
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If we have a natural right to property, what exactly does 'belonging to' mean? [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law
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19750
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Writers just propose natural law as the likely useful agreements among people [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime
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19770
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Primitive people simply redressed the evil caused by violence, without thought of punishing [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / e. Peace
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19783
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A state of war remains after a conquest, if the losers don't accept the winners [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
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19753
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Both men and animals are sentient, which should give the latter the right not to be mistreated [Rousseau]
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