Discourse: Rousseau On The Natural State Of Man

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In the Discourse Rousseau tries to explain his thought on "the natural state of man" . He points elaborates on man's mental ability to protect himself, care for others and how he evolved morally and environmentally. In this essay I will attempt to answer question one section A, I will discuss and analyzed Rousseau's argument on the changes of man from his natural state to his present of inequality. There has been a long age argument on if man was created by a higher power and if he was, there has been different versions of the creation story on how the first man came to be. Rousseau's theory discredits the biblical creation story and without giving his own version of the early man, he then focuses more on his state of creation as supposed to how he was created. Rousseau believes that ,man was somewhat innocent an morally equal but he has is now gradually corrupted over the years. One could not but wander what proof Rousseau had, leading him to believe that man has not been corrupted from the start. Since no one in the present day and in time of Rousseau really experienced the state of being "a savage man" there is no concrete evidence that man has not always been as the present state (selfish and competitive). That man never felt …show more content…

He argues that if a man pities his peer he will not attempt to harm him. In the long run a peaceful community is created at the state man is "morally" equal , in other words there is no superiority to others. Rousseau claims that the introduction of property and technology inspired man to become competitive and as a result inequality started to take shape and affected the moral of

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