Jean-Jacques Rousseau is most clearly associated with which belief?

A.) The people can only be governed if they consent to being governed.

B.) Social contracts are invalid and should be broken.

C.) People are naturally good, and their expressed will is what is best for society.

D.) Governments should be divided into three coequal branches.

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Laila Gomez

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18 December, 21:14

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is most clearly associated with which belief?

A.) The people can only be governed if they consent to being governed.

B.) Social contracts are invalid and should be broken.

C.) People are naturally good, and their expressed will is what is best for society.

D.) Governments should be divided into three coequal branches.

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Jenny Molina · Answer 1

The correct answer is letter D. Rousseau once said that "man, by nature, is good and is corrupted by society". What he meant with this affirmation is that people are born good, it is not natural for us to be wicked, but once an individual is let into society, he/she is transformed. And to change that, there's a need to change the whole society, the whole structure we are found into.