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    It is not the case that The general will must come from all and apply to all to be truly general

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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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    • 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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