Argument Essay: Outlining The Rights Of Man
I agree that the Rights of Man addressed specific grievances rather than vaguely outlining the rights of all humans. In the Articles, currently hostile conflicts were mentioned and resolved as well as issues of class and supplemented ideologies that the people of France knew and accepted.
The declaration addressed conflicts relevant at the time. An example of this is Article 3, where it says, “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.” All power belongs to the people of France and no group, be it political or an Estate, can use power that does not have say so from the majority of those people. Before this declaration way created, the first two estates held a majority of the power. The Third Estate thought that this was unfair, since they held the biggest population, and conflicts arose. The Rights of Man came to a conclusion that all citizens of France should have equal voting rights (i.e.all the estates had the same number of votes from now on) and therefore solved the conflicts that came …show more content…
This can be found in Article 8, where it says, “The law shall provide 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.” Nobody will be punished to an excess and when they are punished, the person will receive a standard punishment as well as a fair trial. It was generally known that a person receives about the same punishment for like crimes (i.e. everyone sent to jail for stealing gets a minimum of 10 months, etc.), but there was no fair trial and the extent of the punishment was limitless. The Declaration of the Rights of Man reinforced this idea with fairness to all citizens in mind, since unfair trials were a specific
The declaration addressed conflicts relevant at the time. An example of this is Article 3, where it says, “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.” All power belongs to the people of France and no group, be it political or an Estate, can use power that does not have say so from the majority of those people. Before this declaration way created, the first two estates held a majority of the power. The Third Estate thought that this was unfair, since they held the biggest population, and conflicts arose. The Rights of Man came to a conclusion that all citizens of France should have equal voting rights (i.e.all the estates had the same number of votes from now on) and therefore solved the conflicts that came …show more content…
This can be found in Article 8, where it says, “The law shall provide 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.” Nobody will be punished to an excess and when they are punished, the person will receive a standard punishment as well as a fair trial. It was generally known that a person receives about the same punishment for like crimes (i.e. everyone sent to jail for stealing gets a minimum of 10 months, etc.), but there was no fair trial and the extent of the punishment was limitless. The Declaration of the Rights of Man reinforced this idea with fairness to all citizens in mind, since unfair trials were a specific