Public and Private InterestRousseau was approaching one of the focal concerns of political hypothesis from classical times to the present day: how to accommodate conflicting cases of open and private interests. Figures like Hobbes had solved the problem of distinguishing people in general by claiming that the sovereign had the supreme power to decide on the matter. Since there was such a variety of competing claimants, a well-rounded judge was important to ensure everyone benefited. Rousseau had some fundamental complaints about this. First, characterizing everyone's benefit without reference to the will of the general population was authoritarian and shameless. Secondly, given the degenerate condition of 18th century culture. Similar to what Plato did, Rousseau set out to create social and political organizations that shaped the character and temperance of men with the goal that they could see their real advantages. Fundamental to his political enterprise was the assertion that the great resident was the result of good political foundations. Much of what remains of the book highlights Rousseau's attempt to update the Athenian constitution for 18th-century life. Once again, as in the case of the Greek polis, the emphasis was on the involvement of all citizens in governance and enactment. The hidden standard was that the administration was not an administration of the community leaders, but rather an office to teach its residents a direct and moral mindset. laws are the best method to develop good sensitivity in the group. The government's task is to create a feeling of profound quality and freedom: since everyone should participate in the government this is a condition of good opportunity in light of the fact that through the security device the subjects have self-sufficiency. For Rousseau, therefore, the legislator is a specialist in good perfectibility rather than a managerial machine for guaranteeing singular rights or properties. To be sure, Rousseau recommends that the goal of good government is to protect and change the group: this desire will be realized when "each resident is nothing, and can do nothing without the others." This goal of placing the needs of the group before the individual interests of each individual does not fit effectively with current liberal origins. We must understand, however, that for Rousseau this was not a resistance of a tyrant government, but an attempt to promote liberty and freedom.