PSY426H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mary Wollstonecraft
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Issues in the 1848 about women"s rights, women are entitled to the rights deemed natural and inalienable by men. They claimed the rights of citizenship in a professedly democratic state. They wanted the premise of equality social contract and natural rights. No special consideration for women but all men and women are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights like: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Mary wollstonecraft argued that liberty rather than leading to license is the mother of virtue. Self development is a higher duty than self sacrifice. The accusation of selfishness is the cardinal sin in the ladder of feminine virtue that reach toward an ideal of perfect devotion not only to god but to men. Early views were that the development of women would serve to promote the general good.
