Enlightened Age Vs Enlightenment Age

Enlightened age vs. enlightenment age according to Kant
If it is now asked whether we at present live in an enlightened age, the answer is: No, but we live in an age of enlightenment. This statement as stated by Kant has a lot of weight when we look at our lives today. One can argue that we are living in an enlightened age. This is because some of the barriers to enlightenment have been removed in many parts of the world. At the time Kant was writing this piece, the world had been at age of enlightenment. This means it was at that time that most of the barriers to enlightenment were being removed. Of particular importance in this article by Kant are freedom and the art of reasoning. People today enjoy more freedom than they used to during the
For example, women in most parts of the globe have acquired the same status as that of men something that was not the case in the 18th century. Kant had excluded women from voters stating natural reasons and lack of economic self-sufficiency. Despite the fact that Kant denied women the ability to take part in any legislation, he argues that he does not deny them the rights that are entailed by freedom. Today, we have people who stand against religion to challenge some of the beliefs that are conducted. This is the reasons as to why most of the nations across the globe have legislations that allows religious freedom in the sense that people are free to make their own decisions regarding religion based on reasoning. One can also convert from one religion to the other without fear of victimization. This is because the art of decision making has been transferred from
This is because people have started respecting the decisions of others regarding sexual orientation. This based on the fact that most of the members of the sexual minority groups have in the recent past become more vocal in terms of fighting for their rights. During the enlightenment age, it was the time that it was dawning that heterosexuality is a concept that has been added into people’s minds and everyone does not have to conform to it. This is what brought the freedom of sexuality that most of the people today. However, there are some countries across the globes which have yet to reach the enlightened age. These are countries that do not yet allow the freedom of expression, religion and those that do not recognize the rights of sexual minority. There are areas where members of a certain religion are subjected to abuse, as well as, the members of a sexual minority. The perpetrators have the aim of acting as guardians to the victims in terms of what they should do. They do not give them the right to make their own decisions regarding. Women enlightenment is one of the diverging issues that divide the societies that are enlightened and those that are living in the enlightenment age. In some nations it is clear that women have the same status as men, while in others, they are left behind in many decision making sectors of the state