Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Verskil tussen weergawes

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Volgens Rousseau het mense twee eienskappe gemeen met ander [[dier]]e: die ''amour de soi'', wat die selfbeskerming instink beskryf; en ''pitié'', wat empatie is vir die res van 'n mens se spesie, wat beide rede en sosiale geneigdheid voorafgaan.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Wokler|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|title=Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction|date=2001-08-23|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-280198-2|pages=54|language=en|access-date=28 Julie 2021|archive-date=14 Augustus 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814071212/https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|url-status=live}}</ref> Slegs mense wat moreel ontneem is, sal slegs omgee vir hul relatiewe status teenoor ander, wat tot ''amour-propre'' of ydelheid lei.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wokler|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|title=Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction|date=2001-08-23|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-280198-2|pages=55|language=en|access-date=28 Julie 2021|archive-date=14 Augustus 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814071212/https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|url-status=live}}</ref> Hy het nie geglo dat mense van nature beter is as ander spesies nie.<ref name=":2" /> Die mens het egter die unieke vermoë gehad om hul natuur deur vrye keuse te verander, in plaas daarvan om beperk te wees tot natuurlike instinkte.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wokler|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|title=Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction|date=2001-08-23|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-280198-2|pages=56|language=en|access-date=28 Julie 2021|archive-date=14 Augustus 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814071212/https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
'n Ander aspek wat mense van ander diere skei, is die vermoë van vervolmaking, wat mense in staat stel om opkeuses 'n manieruit te kiesoefen wat hul toestandomstandighede kan verbeter.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Wokler|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|title=Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction|date=2001-08-23|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-280198-2|pages=57|language=en|access-date=28 Julie 2021|archive-date=14 Augustus 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814071212/https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|url-status=live}}</ref> Hierdie verbeterings kan blywend wees, vir individuele, maar ook vir kollektiewe verandering ten goede.<ref name=":3" /> Saam met menslike vryheid maak die vermoë om te verbeter die historiese [[evolusie]] van die mensdom moontlik.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wokler|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|title=Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction|date=2001-08-23|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-280198-2|pages=58|language=en|access-date=28 Julie 2021|archive-date=14 Augustus 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814071212/https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|url-status=live}}</ref> Daar is egter geen waarborg dat hierdie evolusie ten goede sal kom nie.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wokler|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|title=Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction|date=2001-08-23|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-280198-2|pages=61–62|language=en|access-date=28 Julie 2021|archive-date=14 Augustus 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814071212/https://books.google.com/books?id=6XcRDAAAQBAJ&q=rousseau+very+short+introduction|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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