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    The general will must come from all and apply to all to b... — Carmelics
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    The general will must come from all and apply to all to be truly general

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    • 1.A will is only general if its source is universal (comes from all)
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    • 2.A will is only general if its scope is universal (applies to all)
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    • 1.Edmund Burke argued that legitimate political will emerges from inherited traditions and partial communities, not unanimous abstract consent.
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    • 2.A will derived from particular associations (guilds, regions, estates) can still serve universal justice without originating from all citizens.
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    • 3.Rousseau himself concedes factions corrupt the general will, implying universality of source is an unreachable procedural ideal, not a real criterion.
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    • 1.John Stuart Mill demonstrated in 'Considerations on Representative Government' that minority expertise can produce legislation more beneficial to all than majority consensus.
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    • 2.A will that applies universally in its effects can be general in substance even if it originates from a qualified deliberative subset rather than the entire populace.
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    Rousseau argues that in order for the general will to be truly general it must come from all and apply to all. This thought has both substantive and formal aspects. Formally, Rousseau argues that the law must be general in application and universal in scope. The law cannot name particular individuals and it must apply to everyone within the state. Rousseau believes that this condition will lead citizens, though guided by a consideration of what is in their own private interest, to favor laws tha
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