Behind the veil of ignorance. Rousseau and the narratives of the origin of society
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https://doi.org/10.18764/2966-1196v1n1.2024.10Keywords:
Law, State of nature, Articles of incorporation, Freedom, CoercionAbstract
Rousseau gives the Social Contract a brilliant start. “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in irons.” But the revolutionary magic of the beginning quickly evaporates. Rousseau wants to legitimize the currents. To do this, Rousseau places his theory of socialization, developed in the Second Discourse, behind a veil of ignorance. The principles of political law have their own origins. The article analyzes the peculiarities and paradoxes of this new methodological approach.
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