Read the entry in the Modern History Sourcebook: Jean Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract, 1763. It is available using the following URL:
Whereas Locke viewed the social contract as an agreement between governed and government, Rousseau views it as a contract between members of society, replacing ‘natural rights’ as the basis for human claims.
Write an essay on Rousseau’s views as summarized in the above Sourcebook. Be sure that you contrast the views of the two philosophers.
