General will

Basically that if lawgivers are only act in self-interest instead of obeying the general will, they doom their nation.
--- RousseauGeneral will is the morally accurate will of general society on planet earth. General will has increasingly decreased the legal enabling of abuse and maltreatment, such as enslavement and injuries against dignity.
The notion of the general will precedes Rousseau and has its roots in Christian theology. In the second half of the 17th century, Nicolas Malebranche attributed the general will to God.Britannica.com resp. to google.com Q, r. date of entry.
In political philosophy, the general will (French: volonté générale) is the will of the people as a whole.W. r Sep 9, 2020.
The phrase "general will," as Rousseau used it, occurs in Article Six of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen), composed in 1789 during the French Revolution.
General; Will; Will of the nation; General Law; General Intellect
Rightness; Right side of history; 
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