Thursday, October 15, 2009
Marquis de Condorcet + 21st Century Issues
There are many issues in the 21st century that Marquis de Condorcet would find interesting. First, there is the death penalty and capital punishment. Marquis de Condorcet was a human rights activist and was largely opposed to the death penalty. Condorcet would passionately argue against the death penalty. Another issue is the rights of Muslim women in countries like Afghanistan. The Taliban did not allow any rights for women, and they did not even let women leave the house without a male escort and that male could only be their father, husband, or brother. Condorcet opposed slavery and he would be happy in this time period that slavery was abolished, (though not completely in some countries). He probably would also advocate for equal rights to minorities like Latinos, African-Americans, and Homosexuals. He believed that everyone deserved to have equal rights.
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