Reason: Enlightened thinkers Believed truth Could be discovered through Reason or logical thinking.
Effects Then/Today: Enlightenment thrust open the doors for growth of scientific knowledge led people to question old society to seek out what was not know. It made people question there religious beliefs and the teachings of the church. People started to look more to themselves to use their owen ability to reason in order to judge what is right or what is wrong now royalty or the church. Now with the edvancement of science can be directly linked to the Enlightenment movement it led people to think of ideas that are out side of the box like the invention of electricity would not happen in Benjamin Franklin did not fly his kite into a storm a very foolish move decided by irashonal thinking of new ideas.
Criminal Justice Ceaser Beccaria believed laws existed to preserve social order not to avenge the crimes. He argued that people acused of a crime should have a speedy trial and torture should never be used. The degree of punishment should be on the seriosness of the crime.
ReasonReason: Enlightened thinkers Believed truth Could be discovered through Reason or logical thinking.
Effects Then/Today: Enlightenment thrust open the doors for growth of scientific knowledge led people to question old society to seek out what was not know. It made people question there religious beliefs and the teachings of the church. People started to look more to themselves to use their owen ability to reason in order to judge what is right or what is wrong now royalty or the church. Now with the edvancement of science can be directly linked to the Enlightenment movement it led people to think of ideas that are out side of the box like the invention of electricity would not happen in Benjamin Franklin did not fly his kite into a storm a very foolish move decided by irashonal thinking of new ideas.
Criminal Justice Ceaser Beccaria believed laws existed to preserve social order not to avenge the crimes. He argued that people acused of a crime should have a speedy trial and torture should never be used. The degree of punishment should be on the seriosness of the crime.
Works Cited World History Book