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| Slavery: Slavery is the dehumanizing practice of treating people as property. Slaves are forced to work without pay and are often subjected to violence and abuse. Slavery is a violation of human rights. See also Human rights, Fundamental rights, Autonomy, Person, Humans._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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J.-J. Rousseau on Slavery - Dictionary of Arguments
Mause I 181 Slavery/Rousseau: Rousseau speaks out against the possibility of people selling themselves into slavery: "He who renounces everything, for him no compensation is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with the nature of the human [(s) argument of the humiliation] and one withdraws all moral value from one's actions, if one takes all freedom from one's will [(s) argument of unfairness/unwillingness]". (1) 1. J.-J. Rousseau, Der Gesellschaftsvertrag: oder Die Grundsätze des Staatsrechtes. Berlin 2016, S. 12. - - - Höffe I 276 Slavery/Rousseau/Höffe: Criticizing every form of slavery, Rousseau says that in the event of a possible renunciation of freedom, one completely abandons one's capacity as a human being, one's human rights (droits de l'humanité), which is illegitimate because it is incompatible with human nature. [Surprising parallel]: Now the >social contract consists in a comparable total renunciation, even if the human does not become a slave but a subject (sujet). For he or she gives up natural freedom in favour of that (civic) civil freedom that grants the community the sole right to decide on everything that is to be binding.(1) >Freedom, >Freedom/Rousseau, >Liberty, >Social Contract, >Social Contract/Rousseau. 1. Rousseau, The Social Contract (Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique), 1762_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Rousseau I J. J. Rousseau Les Confessions, 1765-1770, publ. 1782-1789 German Edition: The Confessions 1953 Mause I Karsten Mause Christian Müller Klaus Schubert, Politik und Wirtschaft: Ein integratives Kompendium Wiesbaden 2018 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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