 The solution to this problem is for individuals to submit to constraints embodied in forms of association and institutions that are regulated by the general will (SC I.vi.9; II.i.1). The general will is distinct from the will of all (SC I.vi.7; II.iii2) and concerns the common good—those basic interests of moral persons that must be respected and protected for all (SC II.iii.1–2; II.iv.5; II.xi.1–2). Green agrees with Rousseau that the general will, understood as the common good, is a source of rights and that these rights are conditional on a kind of mutual recognition among members of  society.[8]