POL SCI 4 Chapter 4: PS4 Reading 02.09.2017 (1)
7 Feb 2017
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Sovereignty is a collective being > power may be delegated. Sovereignty indivisible because either will of people is general or not general. General will not always the right; differences exist between will of all individual will versus general will. Sovereign judges the power/ goods and liberty that are the concern of the community. Sovereign cannot impose burden unnecessary to the community. Generality from common interest that unites (not number of voices) Individual could not renunciate the social contract - he or she is better of with it. If someone breaks the social contract, preservation of state is incompatible with his preservation. Law considers all subjects collectively, not assess individual or specific action. Laws are the conditions on which a civil society exist. Lawgiver is extraordinary > does not and cannot have command over men after giving law. Lawgiver needs to be understandable to the people (appeal to divinity)
