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| Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789 Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789 |
Articles:
1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.
2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imperceptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
3. The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation.
4. Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law.
5. Law can only prohibit such actions as are hurtful to society. Nothing may be prevented which is not forbidden by law, and no one may be forced to do anything not provided for by law.
6. Law is the expression of the general will. Every citizen has a right to participate personally, or through his representative, in its foundation. It must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes. All citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, are equally eligible to all dignities and to all public positions and occupations, according to their abilities, and without distinction except that of their virtues and talents.
7. No person shall be accused, arrested, or imprisoned except in the cases and according to the forms prescribed by law. Any one soliciting, transmitting, executing, or causing to be executed, any arbitrary order, shall be punished. But any citizen summoned or arrested in virtue of the law shall submit without delay, as resistance constitutes an offense.
8. The law shall provide for such punishments only as are strictly and obviously necessary, and no one shall suffer punishment except it be legally inflicted in virtue of a law passed and promulgated before the commission of the offense.
9. As all persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared guilty, if arrest shall be deemed indispensable, all harshness not essential to the securing of the prisoner's person shall be severely repressed by law.
10. No one shall be disquieted on account of his opinions, including his religious views, provided their manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law.
11. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.
12. The security of the rights of man and of the citizen requires public military forces. These forces are, therefore, established for the good of all and not for the personal advantage of those to whom they shall be entrusted.
13. A common contribution is essential for the maintenance of the public forces and for the cost of administration. This should be equitably distributed among all the citizens in proportion to their means.
14. All the citizens have a right to decide, either personally or by their representatives, as to the necessity of the public contribution; to grant this freely; to know to what uses it is put; and to fix the proportion, the mode of assessment and of collection and the duration of the taxes.
15. Society has the right to require of every public agent an account of his administration.
16. A society in which the observance of the law is not assured, nor the separation of powers defined, has no constitution at all.
17. Since property is an inviolable and sacred right, no one shall be deprived thereof except where public necessity, legally determined, shall clearly demand it, and then only on condition that the owner shall have been previously and equitably indemnified.
How did the Enlightenment influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
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The enlightenment influenced the declaration of the rights of man by people have to make themselves free. That no absolute monarch or powerful gov't should control the people. Or punish people for a crime or act that wasn't committed. For example in line 7 it says no man should be accused or imprisoned in cases and according to the forms prescribed by law. That mens that no one should go to jail unless if they have a trial to prove innocence in any ways.
ReplyDeleteAnother law also states that Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. Which in simple terms is that every man has his right to be free. To be free in any way he can be free. His freedom of speech and freedom of rights. And that no absolute power or any powerful gov't can have control of him. Most of these laws are influenced by the enlightenment. Because the enlightenment gave the idea that people can now start their life and live their life freely any way they want.
GAR
9/16/14
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man by saying men are born to and remain free and equal in rights. This saying that men have good rights such as freedom and equal rights. Another thing is that they have free communication of ideas and opinions which is the most precious of rights to men. This meaning that everyone may accordingly, speak, write and print with freedom but will be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.
Another influence is how all citizens have right to decide either personally or by their representatives as to the necessity of public contribution. No person shall be accused, arrested, or imprisoned except in the cases and according to the forms prescribed by law. This meaning that people can't get arrested unless if it was according to the forms prescribed by law. Lastly, liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else meaning that people can do anything they want and it won't hurt anyone by doing this.
IL
The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Right of Man for multiple reasons. One reason why the Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Right of Man is because the Enlightenment was an time where people began to question things. Once people began to question things, people began to question many things such as their rights. For example, in the Declaration of the Rights of Man, it saids “Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law.” The meaning of this is,we should be able to have freedom to an extent were we do not hurt others and to an extent were we do not break the law.
ReplyDeleteAnother example on how the Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Right of Man is, many people did not want to be arrested for stating their opinion. For example, “No one shall be disquieted on account of his opinions, including his religious views, provided their manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law.” Another example on how the Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Right of Man is, citizens were arrested for stating their opinion on what they believe and they were thrown in jail. In the Declaration of the Right Of an Man it states “Law can only prohibit such actions as are hurtful to society. Nothing may be prevented which is not forbidden by law, and no one may be forced to do anything not provided for by law” This meaning that, if you are not doing anything that is hurting society, you should not be punished for what you did.
-J.M.
A.Q.
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenments influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man, by people began thinking on a larger scale and also rejecting traditional ideas such as the divine right given to the monarch. Philosophers such as John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Voltaire all stress about naturals rights, separations of powers and social contract. These philosophers taught people through their works that there should not have separation of social classes and that everyone is equal. Jean-Jacques Rousseau stressed the significance of the common good and social contract (The government needs to protect our naturals rights and if they don’t then we don’t need them anymore). Also Baron de Montesquieu stressed that powers should be separated so that government won’t have too much power.
These Enlightenment thinkers inspired people, especially the third estate, to revolt against the king for their natural rights and social equality because the people realize they are not being treated right and barely have a say in society. So, people gathered together and formed the National Assembly which is made up of the three estates combined. The National Assembly wrote the constitution which includes the Declaration of Rights of Man, and France became a limited constitutional monarchy (king shares power with the National Assembly). In conclusion, the Enlightenment Thinkers ideas spread to the people and the National Assembly was formed. The Declaration of Rights of Man’s laws were mostly inspired by the Enlightenment thinkers.
The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Rights and Man because the rights are similar to the ideas of John Locke. John Locke's idea was that people should have natural rights and should all be equal. "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good." This right from the Declaration of the Rights of Man is similar to John Locke's because both the right and his idea state that people should remain free and have equal rights.
ReplyDeleteAnother Enlightenment thinker, Voltaire influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man. From the Declaration of the Rights of Man, it states "the free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law." This right is also similar to Voltaire because both promote free speech and tolerance. The ideas from the Enlightenment did influence revolutions, but has helped the advancement of human reasoning.
D.C.
HW
ReplyDeleteH.J
The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the rights of man in many ways. All the articles in the rights of man are about equality and natural rights that everyone is born with.
All these ideas are from the studies and quotes of John Locke(Mr. Enlightenment). He was the one who cared about equality the most during the Enlightenment period. These laws everyone nowadays enjoy in most of the nations.
All the rules in this Declaration of rights were "considered" a part of the Enlightenment. During that time many people stood up for themselves and like here the people demanded equal rights. The declaration has nothing but equality. After suffering a lot people from every nation started to get up and stand up for something that is rights. In conclusion all the people deserve equal rights because "all men are created equal".
A New Reform
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment was very influencing upon the Declaration of the Rights of Man. This Age of Reason was for people to have their minds sense natural rights and individualism. Philosophers during this time such as John Locke , Voltaire, and Jean Jacques were concerned towards the concept of having people treated the way they should be. The French Revolution arised years later due to influence of the Enlightenment as well as since was in debt from wars with England. There was a massive amount of social inequality and corruption occurring in France during this time of the revolution.
Due to France being in an unstable condition, the Enlightenment had an influence on the Third Estate. The Third Estate was a vast majority of all commoners and the middle-class. These people were treated quite poorly during this time due to the fact that they had no rights of their own, but this all changed when the Natural Assembly was formed. Enlightenment ideas helped to stimulate people's sense of the basic belief in equal rights. The Third Estate made up the majority of the Natural Assembly which caused a new reform to be commenced among the people. The Declaration of the Rights of Man was passed, and now all the people in France were now free and equal. This constitution stated the rights on how all people were free and had the rights to practice any religion as well as liberty to speak from their hearts. If the Enlightenment hadn't occurred, then the Natural Assembly could have possibly never been formed and our world may not have been what it is today.
The Enlightenment had many effects on the Declaration of Rights of Man. For instance, in Article 1, it states how all men are equal. That is a result from the Enlightenment. Additionally, in Article 1, it says how, “All men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” This is similar to what Jean Jacques Rousseau said, which was, “Man is born free”. As you can see the philosopher and Article made alike statements.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, Article 11 expresses how we all have freedoms such as speaking, writing and printing with freedom until we abuse it. The philosopher, Voltaire was a man who was for freedom of speech. Consequently, it influenced one of the Articles. Ultimately, Article 5, it states how no one is allowed to be forced to do anything unless stated by law. This comes from not wanting an absolute monarchy and not wanting to be pushed around by a monarch. Therefore, the Enlightenment had an influence on the Declaration of Rights of Man.
- c.h
How did the Enlightenment influence the declaration of the rights man?
ReplyDeleteThe enlightenment influenced the declaration of the right of the man by the enlightenment thinkers. They all say that men should be free. John Locke also says that people should be not killed by men and they should have a natural death. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man this is saying that all men should be free to express them self’s. A society in which the observance of the law is not assured, nor the separation of powers defined, has no constitution at all. This is saying that law dose not assort people by their power but people them self’s do.
BAS
The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man in many ways. First of all, the Enlightenment is the start of human using facts and reasons to draw conclusions and make choices. No longer using religions and beliefs. The Enlightenment made the people question the church and think for themselves. The people were able to draw conclusions by themselves and did not have to believe what the church said. The Enlightenment gave many great ideas to the Declaration of the Rights of Man. The Enlightenment had a great impact on the Declaration of the Rights of Man. I believe it gave them the ideas to rebel against the government and the king because they were being treated unfair. The Declaration of the Right of Man basically gave the people a voice. The voice of finally being heard.
ReplyDelete-AN
How did the Enlightenment influcece the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
ReplyDeleteThe age of Enlightenment is also called the ages of reasons. During the 1700s, it was a era of humanity ideas and reformation. Social critics are all over France to against the Old Regime, the corruped governement and royalty. Citizen are encouraged by Enlightenment and Philosopher to gain liberty, independency and equal rights.
One of the famous Enlightenment Thinkers, John Locke , advocate for the natural rights. Which is the independency in life, the liberty , and the persuit of happinese. His idea enlighten people in France to gain their right, to get away with the opression given by the government. Citizen who are paying tax to the government for the social inequality and luxury life for royalty, were enlighten and encourage by John Locke, to persuit their freedom and equality. The principles in the Declaration of the Rights of Man , had shared the same idea with John Locke's quote of natural right.
Another example that shows the massive impact toward the Declaration of the Rights of Man is Voltaire. Voltalrie is a philosopher and also Mr. Enlightenment, who gave words to advocate the freedom of speech, religion and tolerance. He also advocate his position on the seperation of power. In the Declaration of the Rights of Man, there are principle that supports the freedom in speech, influenced by Voltaire's quote and advocation.
W.H.
The enlightenment was a period of time of advancing human reason and rejecting traditional ideas. Then enlightenment thinkers John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu , Voltaire, and Jean-Jaques all promoted the idea of social equality and that the absolute monarch should be eliminated. Only Thomas Hobbes had the idea that the government wasn't strong enough and it needed a centralized government.
ReplyDeleteThe enlightenment drivers the french revolution. Basically, it preaches the idea of equality amongst men. Written by the national assembly composed of citizens from the first, second and third estate which shows what they were trying to achieve. the national assembly was trying to create this sort of social equality amongst the people in that tennis court. The declaration written by the national assembly is written proof that so many people were willing to fight and argue for the ideas that were transpired during the enlightenment. G.M.
The Enlightenment had an important influence on the creation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Paraphrased versions of quotes by Enlightenment philosophers can be seen in the declaration. For instance, influence from John Locke's quote,"All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions," can be seen in articles 1 through 4. These articles mention in some way how a person's beliefs and freedoms are protected.
ReplyDeleteAnother quote that influenced the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man is when John Locke said, "The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom." This quote's influence is essentially seen in the whole declaration. The declaration demonstrates many articles that attempt to give a person more freedom. This is seen in article 9, where "All persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared guilty, if arrest shall be deemed indispensable, all harshness not essential to the securing of the prisoner's person shall be severely repressed by law." This helps to prevent the accusation of people without proof. Even though John Locke lived long before the period of the French Revolution and the making of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, it is evident how ideas are passed down over the years.
- K.R.
The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man by giving people rights in which they can be happy. For example, "Men are born free and and equal in rights." meaning that Men should have the right to do whatever they want. Like it says, the aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imperceptible rights of man. And those rights are liberty, security, property, etc.
ReplyDeleteThis law gives liberty to citizens. It states "liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else." As long as you're not harming anyone you can do anything under this law. Every citizen has rights, Rights to participate personally or through their representative. The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Rights Of Man in a good way and it benefited many.
The Enlightenment influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man by provid idea of freedom and John Locke's idea.The idea of freedom affect the french people from the third estate to organized the people from first and second estate to form the National Assembly.National Assembly took John Locke's idea and establish the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France.
ReplyDeleteOn the other side of the world,the bill of rights also influence the Declaration of the Rights of Man.The freedom of religion, right to property, and freedom of speech are show in both the bill of rights and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Those are all John Locke' idea,it reflect the influences of the Enlightenment in modern history.
-Devon Wang
The enlightenment influenced the revolution in several ways. An Enlightenment philosopher John Locke believes that no king should have absolute power, therefore he believes in a constitutional monarchy. The enlightenment also encouraged for the citizens to follow the laws, pay taxes to the government ,and in return the government will protect their natural rights, and the citizens can get rid of the government if they are not conducting their duties. The French agreed with the ideas of the Enlightenment.
ReplyDeleteThere are articles in “The Declaration of the Rights of Man” has articles that were influenced by The Enlightenment. Article I has ideas of the enlightenment embedded in it. Article IV mentions “natural rights” another big detail in the enlightenment. The French agrees with the philosophers of the Enlightenment, therefore the revolutionaries will try to rule France using those ideas.
-W.C.
The Enlightenment helped men to realize about their own rights as a human being. Before, everything was based to social classes, the higher you are, more power you will have. As the opposite, if you are in a low social class, you might have to work for the lord until death with no payment whatsoever. Everyone lived in a corrupted and an unequal society until the Enlightenment appeared. The Enlightenment gave men the freedom and equality they were born with.
ReplyDeleteAfter the Enlightenment, men are free to do anything that will not harm another individual or the nation, such as freedom to attempt any political association. Everyone starts to following laws instead of take commands from their lords. Punishments must be approved guilty first to give out to any individuals. They started to have freedom of speech, and freedom of opinions. Everyone has equal rights as a citizen under the protection of law because of the influences of the Enlightenment.
SC
The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Men because it opened many people eyes to what was going on. This was because the Enlightenment was a time period in which human reasoning was advanced and traditional ideas were rejected. People began to realize that they way they were living wasn’t the only way they had to live. The advancing of the ideas can be caused by philosophers like John Locke. These Philosophers were the cause of many revolution and changes.
ReplyDeleteJohn Locke is famous for saying that the rights that we are born with, such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are natural rights. When he says natural rights he is saying that no one can take those right away from you. This can be shown in the Rights of Men in article 1 when it states “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.” Another philosopher by the name of Voltaire, who promoted free speech and tolerance, also had his ideas implemented in the Rights of Men in article 11 when it states “The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.” It is clear that the many great philosophers of the Enlightenment had a large influence on the Rights of Men.
M.R.
The Enlightenment influenced the Declaration of the Rights of Man because the representatives of the French people noticed the neglect, corruption, and incompetence of the rights of man. Therefore, the National Assembly creates a list of laws for men to follow. Some of these laws were as shown: Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. Another law that was created was: The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imperceptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment influcnced the Declaration of the Rights of Man by realizing the mistakes and the corruption behind everything in the economy and the lack of rights men have. They created the laws to refrain from the neglect and corruption and make it the government they always could of had. They saw how men and their rights were not as thorough and could've been elaborated much more, so they changed everything to make it more fair.
D.L.
Declaration of Man’s Rights
ReplyDeleteThe Enlightenment had great influences and impact on a man’s rights. The Enlightenment was a beginning of a new mind-set for people to look into philosophy, theories and principles. For the first time in a long time the oppressed people finally opened themselves up for new ideas and education. They discovered from this how they were treated so poorly despite being not so different from the tyrants themselves. Scientific theories overruled most of the power of the church which made the tyrant lose its “divine” power over the people. With that people questioned their actual power and place in society, did they also have humane rights of their own that are fair and just.
Moving forward, on the Declaration of Man’s Rights, right number one gives all equal and free right at birth meaning everyone will have the same status in society. Law number two states that the government/the people are to work to preserve the rights of man, obtaining and withholding liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. With influences from the enlightenment this sparked the minds and dreams of the people, especially for those in the third-estate who were bullied by the first and second estate for their money. People were able to stand up for themselves and bring upon the beginnings of the French Revolution.
WGA