Assuming that the laws are followed, how are natural rights preserved and protected by the general will?
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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When the Nation Assembly states, “Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only determined by law […] Law is the expression of the general will,” does it mean that people have the right to do anything as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody, so there aren’t any restraints in people practicing the rights that don’t depend on laws, customs, or beliefs in their state of nature, unless they try to persuade others to practice those rights as well, and only law can determine these controls of freedom, and the law is the goal or interest of people in whole? If so, is the general will preserving and protecting the natural rights of men by making laws to limit what things you can do and what things you can’t do?
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