Freedom in Locke and Rousseau in the light of the theory of Jurgen Habermas

Abstract

This work was initial concern to bring the concepts of freedom in natural law vision of John Locke and Rousseau in democratic construction, which creates a clash of constitutional principles of freedom and equality. Then, it analyzes these theories of Habermas's conception, in which freedom is expressed here by choosing different types of rationales for action, which reveals a tension between the action -oriented consensus or instrumentality. With this, we turn to Habermas' concept of law, which will facilitate overcoming the conflict between freedom and equality, since both pass coexist without contradiction.