The actions of the simple crowd are thus not the outcome of a general will, nor are they the resultant of the wills of all its members; they are simply not volitional in the true sense, but rather impulsive.
Here we must consider a little more fully the nature of the collective or general will, a subject that has figured largely in the discussions of political philosophers on the nature of the State.
How that "general will" finds expression and gets its way is of great importance to democracy.
The one thing of permanent value is the conception that the State represents the "general will" of the community.
We hope Literary Societies in general will take a note of this important decision, which lays it down, on legal authority, that the taking in of Punch is satisfactory evidence of an intention to promote literature.
Publicists have already nearly abandoned the theory of "a general will;" and even those who contend for the sovereignty of the people, do not maintain that the will of all the citizens should constitute the law.
The law, say they, is not the expression of general will, but of general reason.
The Discourse on Political Economy is important as giving the first sketch of the theory of the "General Will.
We have now to examine first Sovereignty and then the General Will, which is ultimately Rousseau's guiding conception.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general will" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
