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Enlightenment Thought

Compare how Enlightenment ideas changed long held beliefs.

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People should accept suffering in this world in return for joy in heaven after deathPeople 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 ruleA 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 criticsPeople 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 statePeople have Natural Rights, if the government does not protect these rights, people can overtrow the government.
Society is correctly structure into unequal social classesAll 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 peopleThe 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.


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