Read the following passage and answer the item that follows. Your answers to this item should be based on the passage only."The individual, according to Rousseau, puts his person and all his power in common under the supreme direction of the General will and in our corporate capacity we receive each member as an indivisible part of the whole."In the light of the above passage, the nature of General will is best described as

• A. the sum total of the private wills of the individuals
• B. what is articulated by the elected representatives of the individuals
• C. the collective good as distinct from private wills of the individuals
• D. the material interests of the community