When Rousseau argued that people should be forced to be free (by being made to "obey the general will" of the people), he was endorsing
A)negative freedom.
B)positive freedom.
C)the freedom from constraints.
D)the end of real freedom

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Rousseau's concept of "forcing people to be free" means that individuals need to comply with the "general will" of the community. Hence, this idea falls under positive freedom, which emphasizes obligations or duties to the community as a whole rather than just individual liberty.

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