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Impact of Enlightenment on Social Justice and Women's Rights

Learn about Beccaria's views on justice, advocating for social order over vengeance. Discover how women in the Enlightenment challenged traditional roles, influencing social change and advocating for equal education and political participation. Explore the global impact of Enlightenment thinkers in shaping views on society and inspiring revolutions.

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Impact of Enlightenment on Social Justice and Women's Rights

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  1. Enlightenment and Social Impact

  2. Justice • Beccaria (Italian) • Believed laws existed = preserve social order (not avenge crimes) • Book (1764) “Crimes and Punishment” • Common abuses of Justice • Torturing witnesses + suspects • Inconsistent court trials • Cruel/unusual punishments • Said should do  speedy trial • Never death penalty • Punishments not worse than crime

  3. Women in Enlightenment • Still traditional role of women • Rousseau  teach how to be good wife +mother • Very few males  change • Women’s Advocates • Mary Astell • Book  “Serious Proposal to the Ladies” • Criticized does not equal a relationship of a man and woman • “If all men born free, how is it women born slaves?” • “If absolute sovereignty not necessary in gov’t, how come it is so in a family?”

  4. Women (cont.) • Mary Wollstonecraft  Equal Education • “Better educated wommen  Better mothers” (1792) • Became doctors/not just nurses • Participation in politics

  5. World Wide • Over 20-30 years  philosophers changed world by: • Challenged views about society • Challenged unequal society • Challenged Absolute Monarchy • Inspired American + French Revolutions • Not activists = loved world of idea!

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