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"Is it necessary that there is a consensus among citizens if the general will is to prevail?"
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"Is it necessary that there is a consensus among citizens if the general will is to prevail?" First a broad definition of consensus which may later be modified. Defined as the "concord of different parts or organs of the body"1 the application to the members of any system seems natural. Defined secondarily as "the collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons"2 we have to consider very carefully about what extent and kinds of consensus we are talking about. A further definitional point this time from Rousseau himself. Rousseau sees an individual under the social contract as playing two roles at once. The individual as a citizen is a member of and indivisible from the sovereign. This can be seen in light of the other role of the individual which is as a member of the state, a subject. "Those who are associated in [the public body] take the name of a...
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