We only exist, and in turn, become free when we function as willing participants in our societies, obeying a social contract that respects others while also providing tolerance towards dissension and quarrel.

Freedom and responsibility are codependent in that one is born into the world with expectations and responsibilities that later give one the tools to make choices and consequently have freedom. If this idea is to be taken as true, then a state of nature doesn't truly exist, and what could maintain peace among people, whether formed into societies and goverments or existing as a small group of individuals, is the respect for each other as thinking beings, or 'ends'.

An individual is most free upon entering into a social contract that diminishes the responsibilities necessary for self-preservation and maximizes the ability to make personal choices.

The individual's contribution to society is measured by his moral integrity especially in regard to his personal relationships; the restriction of freedoms in a social contract do not define him because man is naturally inclined to think freely.

Thesis

Society creates a permanent lens that controls the way we see things, which means we cannot truly see who we are therefore we can never be free.

The process of becoming free is a process of moving towards objectivity: we are only free when we recognize the ideologies and culture complexes structuring the world around us and, in doing so, emerge from a position of subjectivity. 

One's freedom is directly determined by the society he lives in and the role he plays, because each individual has a responsibility to do what is most beneficial for his society; this right (and duty) is in turn what allows one the freedom to be an active and contributing member.

Thesis

When entering into a social contract the individual gives up certain freedoms but, along with the protection and purpose provided by the society, gains opportunities that he would not find elsewhere; it is his responsibility to provide the same opportunities to the others in the society.

We are bound by our relationships to one another, and therefore, we have a greater responsibility to society than to our individual freedom.

Thesis Statement

In order for a society to progess toward a utopic state, it's essential that its citizens are cohesive in thier submission to the mechnism of progress and are accepting of each other's differing intellect and ablities to perform various tasks.

In order for one to be essentially free, one must contribute to society by maintaining their responsibilities.

As individuals, we enter a social contract in order to secure our protection, for the price of our absolute freedom. It then becomes the responsibility of the individual to help society towards progression. Although each individual has limited his or her own freedoms, the individual is limited not restricted.

Thesis

One's continued existence and betterment requires one's acceptance of the contract attached to whatever society in which one chooses or is chosen to live within.