![]() ![]() The Origin of Corruption in Human SocietiesĪccording to Rousseau, there are four fundamental human impulses promoted by proprietary ownership… Furthermore, in addition to inspiring envy and class conflict within individual societies, the concept of proprietary ownership, according to Rousseau, also explains the antagonism that so frequently leads to conflict and warfare between different societies. He argues that those who come to own large amounts of property inevitably become part of a privileged class and that everybody else is relegated to being less privileged and comparatively disadvantaged. land ownership), is unnatural and necessarily leads to respective comparisons, competition, and envy. Specifically, Rousseau explains in his Discourse on Inequality (1754) that the very concept of proprietary ownership, especially of real property (i.e. ![]() Proprietary Ownership as the Underlying Problem in Human SocietyĪccording to Rousseau, elements of human societies promote conflict in and of themselves. Rousseau on Corruption: Its Causes and Elimination ![]()
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