This paper deals with Rousseau's idea of freedom in terms of rationality and deliberation. It gives support to Berlin …'s interpretation of the general will as a rational and objective will but dismisses the idea that Rousseau's theory necessarily leads … argue that citizenship denotes for Rousseau the tendency of individuals to favour the general will and to master their …

). Drawing on the theories of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Rawls, it studies how notions of freedom promulgated by these SCTs …"This book looks at how the ideas of freedom, property and order are expressed in modern social contract theories (SCTs … equality and formal freedom, by focusing on the historical and social context behind them. From a methodological point of view …