시민사회의 입법과 통치: 루소의 일반의지와 자율 -민주주의의 위기 그리고 루소의 일반의지-

Abstract

A etymology of democracy(demokratia=demos+kratia) means a constituent form of polity, a form to justify for authority, and a modality to exercise power. However the term of democracy is frequently connected with governmental technique on political argument this present, then a democracy means a representative democracy. Today, despite of complex and professional pending problems as FTA having relation to the people's life, the people are not exercise one's self-legislation and self-government right on the owing to limitation of recognizability. Most citizen are beyond one's capacity to take part in proceedings decision in this division, because of having not enough time and faculty. And the majority rule of representative democracy grounded on the principle of utilitarianism that advocate of the greatest happiness of the greatest number. The moral justification of utilitarianism rationalize the reign of the majority to the minority. This bring crisis of democracy(political crisis) on present society. It is not sufficient to fill the democratic ideas of popular sovereignty that the people elect a representative. Therefore a key to solve the crisis return sovereignty (the right to legislation, the right to reign) to the people. This paper inquiry the method to embody the democratic ideas(general will) that Rousseau furnished modern civic society with principle.