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Ordinary majority preference or the people as they already are.
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common will
Ordinary majority preference or the people as they already are.
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Jiang distinguishes common will as what the people already are from general will as what the people could become if they acted by universal moral law.
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"...together, okay, all of us together, we create something called a common will. And think of this as democracy. Democracy is basically the idea..."
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"The common will is who we are. The general will is who we could be if we came together as a people. Okay? And..."
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"you should behave the law of universality secondly is the idea of free will no one can compel you to smile you must smile..."
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