He believes in the right to live when no wrongdoing has been committed, but if bad acts are committed, there will be consequences. Specifically, Rousseau discusses his support for the death penalty; he maintains that the state has the power and right to determine the punishment to be inflicted on the criminal. His reason is that by committing a crime, the citizen violates the social contract. When the social contract is violated, the citizen becomes an enemy of the state, resulting in the death penalty. He ends the discussion by explaining that to be healthy, there must be little