Tuesday, September 18, 2012
social contract
Rousseau's outook on slavery and nature were intresting to me. He says "Men are born free, yet everywhere are in chains". I Thought this was a good quote because it is so true. Back in his time and today in present day. All men are born free, but there are powers and forces that subject men into slavery. I think Rousseau is trying to say that slavery is not natural. He explains that the only natural slavery is between a father and son, in where the father gives his kids rules and guidlines out of love to help them grow up to how they need to be.
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I thought that was a very interesting quote as well! No matter how free we think we are, we have more limitations than we do freedoms. Although, that isn't always a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteRousseau was probably my favorite reading so far. I really liked how he put all of that into perspective. I like what he said about the father and son thing and think that was one of the biggest points.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, with slavery not being natural. No one is born with the right to have authority to tell dictate how others live and tell them what to do. Everyone should be born with their own natural rights and either earn their way to the top or the bottom.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well! I believe this was a strong quote and I enjoyed this reading overall. The relationship between the father and son he explains is a great way of thinking of how natural slavery should be.
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