tly, justice rather than being mistaken for a ‘new force,’ is really just a transformative redirection of already existing forces. Thus, intelligent men seeing the benefit of the combination of their strengths to make the most of the weak seduced the powerless into allowing them to be protected by the strong, when they had nothing to be protected against, for the sake of harmony among them all. Previously, I explained how new forces are not created but nevertheless are produced by simply uniting and directing existing forces. This claim can be associated with Rousseau’s later statement that the “passage from the state of nature to the civil state produces quite a remarkable change in man, for it substitutes justice for instinct (Rousseau 150).” This significant change takes place in mans behavior and gives his actions an ethical quality they previously lacked. As far as replacing justice for instinct, because of this creation of a new union Rousseau asserts that, “man finds himself forced to act upon other principles and he also finds himself more active in applying his reason before listening to his preferences (Rousseau 151).” Based on this explanation alone, it becomes evident that justice takes the place of instinct, for the sole reason that when a man is a component of a civil state that is directed by a general will, he is then forced like Rousseau claimed, to be relevant and use motive other than just choosing what he is partial or most fond of. Once more, because of man’s development of a union that is directed by the general will, man went through a truly revolutionizing process starting from the state of nature and finally progressing to the civil state. Rousseau at the end of chapter VIII “On the Civil State,” writes out a balance sheet showing what man gains as well what man loses through the social contract. What man loses by the social contract is his nat...
