TY - BOOK AU - Neuhouser,Frederick TI - Rousseau's critique of inequality: reconstructing the second discourse SN - 9781107064744 (hardback) AV - JC 179.R9 N48.2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, KW - Equality KW - Igualdad KW - Natural law KW - Derecho natural KW - Political science KW - Ciencia polĂ­tica KW - Social justice KW - Justicia social N2 - "Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Mankind, published in 1755, is a vastly influential study of the foundations of human society, including the economic inequalities it tends to create. To date, however, there has been little philosophical analysis of the Discourse in the literature. In this book, Frederick Neuhouser offers a rich and incisive philosophical examination of the work. He clarifies Rousseau's arguments as to why social inequalities are so prevalent in human society and why they pose fundamental dangers to human well-being, including unhappiness, loss of freedom, immorality, conflict, and alienation" ER -