Political Science · Western Political Thought
The 'General Will' features in the political thought of which thinkers?
- 1. Rousseau
- 2. Immanuel Kant
- 3. T.H. Green
- 4. Thomas Hobbes
A1 and 2
B1, 2 and 3 ✓ Correct
COnly 1
D1, 3 and 4
Correct answer: (B) 1, 2 and 3 — The general will features in Rousseau, Kant and T.H. Green, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
Explanation
★The general will features in Rousseau, Kant and T.H. Green, so the answer is 1, 2 and 3.
★Rousseau gave the original concept of the general will as the will for the common good.
★Kant drew on the general will in his idea of the rational, universal law-giving will.
★T.H. Green adapted the general will into his idealist theory of the common good and the state.
★For Green the state expresses a real general will aimed at self-realisation for all.
★Hobbes is the odd one out, since his sovereign rests on contract and fear, not a general will.
★So the idea runs through Rousseau, Kant and Green but not Hobbes.
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