The Enlightenment And The Separation Of Human Rights

The Enlightenment viewed human rights as something that all people possessed. As John Locke said, all people are entitled to “life, liberty, and the ownership of property.” He also argued that the government should protect these rights. The 1791 document titled The Declaration of the Rights of Woman states that “woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights.” However, Kartini expresses that, in Indonesia, “it was a great crime against the customs of our land” to be an educated woman. Women were also basically forced to marry a stranger of her parent’s choice unless otherwise she wanted to disgrace her family and commit the “greatest sin.” Indonesia was a Spanish territory that seems to not have progressed in human rights like France