Differences between the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man
Identify three similarities and three differences between the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Identify three changes that occur from the French Constitution of 1791 to the one of 1793, and from the one of 1793 to the one of 1795. How would you characterize the political changes over this period of time? Robespierre speaks of “virtue” and “morality.” What does he mean by these terms? What does he not mean? How does he describe the relationship between virtue and terror? Friedrich List said of Adam Smith that, “he did not take a comprehensive view of the community in its entirety; that he was unable to combine individual interests in one harmonious whole….” (p. 246) What does this comment (and broader passage) reveal about List’s moral critique of Smith’s economic and political thought?