Question

hy does he write that it is necessary for "ambition to counteract ambition" and that "if men were angels, no government would be necessary?"

Answer 1

"if men were angels, no government would be necessary"

• Extended to the idea of government, this rightly suggests that the raison d'être of a central authority must be to protect the human beings's natural rights (of lifestyles, liberty, property etc.)

• The lack of confidence and vulnerability of the people in a society that isn't always ruled seem too heavy a rate to pay for unrestrained freedom. that is in keeping with Rousseau's theory of the 'social agreement' or the 'social compact', where he argued that human beings surrender a number of their freedom and conform to be governed via certain legal guidelines, for security and safety.

• Whilst one tries to justify the want for governance, what comes to mind at once is the want for safety.

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