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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Rousseau writes in answer to a question proposed to him, namely, what is the origin of inequality? Almost all of the philosophers writing before him tended to assert that certain things were inherent in man’s original nature, and that this lead to the origin of government and law. Rousseau, how ....
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.... only two motivations: an ‘ardent[] interest[] in our wellbeing and our self preservation, and … a natural repugnance to seeing any sentient being, especially our fellow man, perish or suffer.’(855) The principles of ‘natural right and wrong’ then flow from these two things. In fact, as long as man’s own self-interest does not conflict with it, he will seek to go out of his way to avoid injuring another, or to prevent another from being injured by some one else. Rousseau also defends animal rights, classifying animals not as moving toys for us to use as we desire, b ....
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