PDAMX#34.1 - The root of it all

About this episode

The episode discusses Rousseau's 'Social Contract' and its themes of civil law versus natural law and societal equity.

Today we discuss book I of Rousseau's "Social Contract", which is his famous writing that discusses civil law vs. natural law, right of first occupant vs. right of the strong, and how he believes society's goal is to create equity between humans. We have an email and would love to hear from you, if you're so compelled: plausibledeniabilityamx@gmail.com Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

People in this episode

Host: Plausible Deniability AMX

Topics covered

• civil law
• natural law
• equity
• society
• philosophy

Keywords

• Rousseau
• Social Contract
• civil law
• natural law
• equity
• society
• philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Social Contract

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