| A | B |
| People should accept suffering in this world in return for joy in heaven after death | People should seek and are worthy of material and physical well being in this world. |
| True knowledge about the world comes from the Bible, church teaching, and ancient writers. | True knowledge about the world comes from scientific reasoning, observation and experimentation. |
| A legitimate monarch has divine, God-given right to rule | A government power comes form the consent fo the governed. |
| People have no right to criticize their ruler or government, each of which has the right to silence critics | People have right of freedom of thought and expression -- freedom of speech. |
| Government may allow just one religion and presecute members of any religion. | People have the right to freedom of Religion |
| The people's role is to serve and obey the monarch and state | People have Natural Rights, if the government does not protect these rights, people can overtrow the government. |
| Society is correctly structure into unequal social classes | All people are born equal and society should have not title of nobility. |
| The purpose of the law is to avenge crome and extract confessions from accussed people | The purpose of law is to preserve the social order. Law should always be applied failry and justly. |
| Women are naturally and therefore, legally- subordinate to men. | Women should have equal opportunities and equal opportunities as well as equal social & legal status. |