Intro
Can you imagine a world without individual freedom? The Enlightment years introduced individual freedom to society. There was a sense of freedom to explore new ideas and promote advancement to the people. During the Enlightment years many people begin to develop thought provoking ideas and advancements that changed society tremendously. Some of the advancements developed during the Enlightment years remain the same now, such as different rights included in The Bill of Rights. Without individual freedoms these advances would be non-existent today.
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John Locke believed that the government should include individual rights for all in the society. “We must consider what state all men are naturally in and that is a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit within the bounds of the law of nature.”
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“If one religion only were allowed in England the government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two the people would cut one another’s throats; but as there are such a multitude they all live happy and in peace.”
-Voltaire
Voltaire believed that religion is included in our individual rights and that without such a multitude of religions there would be chaos such as people rioting and committing terrorism or maybe even using war as a way to promote or express their religion.
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Adam smith argued that individual freedom is necessary in order to have a strong economy.
“Every man is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest and his own way……. He neither intends to promote the public interest nor knows how much he is promoting it…He intends only his own gain and he is in this...Led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention…By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectively than when he really intends to promote
Can you imagine a world without individual freedom? The Enlightment years introduced individual freedom to society. There was a sense of freedom to explore new ideas and promote advancement to the people. During the Enlightment years many people begin to develop thought provoking ideas and advancements that changed society tremendously. Some of the advancements developed during the Enlightment years remain the same now, such as different rights included in The Bill of Rights. Without individual freedoms these advances would be non-existent today.
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John Locke believed that the government should include individual rights for all in the society. “We must consider what state all men are naturally in and that is a state of perfect freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit within the bounds of the law of nature.”
-John …show more content…
“If one religion only were allowed in England the government would very possibly become arbitrary; if there were but two the people would cut one another’s throats; but as there are such a multitude they all live happy and in peace.”
-Voltaire
Voltaire believed that religion is included in our individual rights and that without such a multitude of religions there would be chaos such as people rioting and committing terrorism or maybe even using war as a way to promote or express their religion.
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Adam smith argued that individual freedom is necessary in order to have a strong economy.
“Every man is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest and his own way……. He neither intends to promote the public interest nor knows how much he is promoting it…He intends only his own gain and he is in this...Led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention…By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes that of the society more effectively than when he really intends to promote