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17036342 No.17036342 [Reply] [Original]

Is the concept of Volonte Generale just a euphemism for a mass mob, not a mass of individuals, but a sentient mob?

>> No.17036477

here have a é

>> No.17036492

é_é

>> No.17036540

>>17036477
>>17036492
What?
This is a serious question.

>> No.17036646

>>17036540
no it's really not desu.

>> No.17036878

>>17036646
Why's that?
If you actually read The Social Contract, Volonté Générale is a nebulously defined term where the spirit of the people drive the natione. That's why sovereigns don't do blatantly unpopular acts without repercussions.

>> No.17036890

The general will is the same thing as the catagorical imperative.

Discuss.

>> No.17036911

>>17036890
I haven't read Kant, so I can't properly make an accurate statement here, but I would assume based on the Google definition, that volonté générale is definitely a form of the categorical imperative, though subconscious.