John Rawls and Jean- Jacques Rousseau are both known for their theories regarding what would constitute an ideal state of existence, but despite many similarities in their political theories, and the clear influence that Rousseau had on Rawls's work, the utopian society proposed by Rousseau would not qualify as a just utopian society by Rawls's standards. ... According to Rousseau, what matters is the whole. ... Rousseau's utopian society is one that revolves around a mindset of group benefit fostered by using force and the "general will" to take from individuals any...

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