“Without debate, without criticism, no administration can succeed and no republic can survive” -John F. Kennedy. The Age of Enlightenment was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries. The Age of Enlightenment happened because of all the different kinds of revolutions and different protests. This quote talks about how important the government was and how important it was to have a stable and non-corrupt government. Freedom of Speech, Women’s rights, abolishment of cruel punishments were all major Enlightenment ideas that had big effects on our current world. A big change in The Enlightenment was freedom of speech. Voltaire was an important figure during this time, this is supported …show more content…
This affected how modern day people protest against things and how they speak out against certain things. Freedom of speech was one of the most important changes during the Enlightenment. Another major movement at this time of the enlightenment was the stand for women’s rights. “During the war, she reminded John not to forget women's rights in the new American government. She wrote, “If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment [start] a Rebellion.’” Tci textbook. This tells us how Abigail Adams stood for the rights of women and how she wanted to change the unfavorability of women. It started the movement for women’s rights. Women’s rights was an important movement during the Enlightenment. Another very important movement was fighting for the rights of the accused. “Beccaria attacked these practices in a famous book called On Crimes and Punishments. He argued that laws exist to preserve security and order and that punishments should be designed to serve this purpose.” Tci Textbook. Beccaria believed cruel punishments for innocent people should be stopped and not