Both Locke and Rousseau begin their meditations on government by positing a “state of nature,” but end up in dramatically different places: Locke focuses on the individual and property relations, while Rousseau concerns himself with the so-called “general will” and its implications for the appropriate social contract to organize human societies.
briefly compare and contrast Locke’s approach with Rousseau’s, and discuss which one, in your view, offers a more compelling basis for a theory of rights, and why.
