Posted on October - 26 - 2009
Democratic System
When the beastly practice of Autocratic and Theocratic ruling reached its zenith, some western thinkers originated the idea that in order to eliminate the misery of mankind, therefore they invented a system of government which based on the mutual contract of the people. Thus the theory of ?Social Contract? was introduced by Hobbes and Locke. But Rousseau (1712-1778) gave it the practical shape. He said that every man wants freedom but it is virtually impossible, but what could be done that let every individual person allow his/her ?will? to get absorbed into the will of the society. In other words make the general will of the society the ultimate source of authority. Theoretically it appeared to be a good idea but the difficulty arose in putting the general will of the people into practice.
