Social Contract in Rousseau and Locke

(This essay explores, through the eyes of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the foundation of government and their subsequent construction and order.) In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's work, "On Social Contract," and John Locke's work, "The Second Treatise of Government," the writers express how governments are founded and should be constructed and administrated. Principally, both authors discuss the ideas of the evolution of man from a State of Nature to the creation of a Republic and why …

…Chapter 6 Locke John, The Second Treatise of Government, pg 76, Chapter 11 Rousseau Jean-Jacques, Rousseau's Political Writings, On Social Contract, pg 98, Book II, Chapter 1 Rousseau Jean-Jacques, Rousseau's Political Writings, On Social Contract, pg 106, Book II, Chapter 6 Rousseau Jean-Jacques, Rousseau's Political Writings, On Social Contract, pg 100-1, Book II, Chapter 3 Locke John, The Second Treatise of Government, pg 69, Chapter 9- Locke John, The Second Treatise of Government, pg 88, Chapter 13 Locke John, The Second Treatise of Government, pg 70, Chapter 9