Rousseau's beliefs covered many ideas of life. He believed that humans were born good but social interaction changed us, making us bad and corrupt. So we are all born as innocents. This is contrary to Christian religious beliefs that we are born with original sin. We are born with natural differences, like skill and ability. These are fine, but they eventually cause differences in wealth and property. These differences are called "artificial differences." These artificial …
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…in "The Social Contract" Jean-Jacques Rousseau formed the perfect government, one that would convert us all back to our original flawless selves. His optimistic view was expressed by his hope for the peoples' improvement. Our improvement is to be made possible only by the perfect government. Though if the government is not for our good, we could deteriorate into worse people. In his mind, following his government guidelines was the way to save us all.