This philosophical work divides law into four realms: political, civil, criminal, and the extra-governmental moral.
The final sections of this work rejects rule-bound religions like Catholicism in favor of a system that blends "religion of man" with a civil code. This philosophical work divides law into four realms: political, civil, criminal, and the extra-governmental moral. The second book of this work opens by distinguishing the "will of all" from the "general will". It argues that governments should respond to the "particular will" but the sovereign should only act to ensure the (*) common good. This work asserts that while the state of nature gives men physical freedom, the greater, civil freedom can only be found by creating a society bound by the title agreement. For 10 points, name this work that claims "man is free, but is everywhere in chains", a work of political philosophy by Rousseau.
The final sections of this work rejects rule-bound religions like Catholicism in favor of a system that blends "religion of man" with a civil code.
The Social Contract [or Of the Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right; or Du Contrat Social ou Principes du Droit Politique]