The Rights of Man: French Revolution

One could argue that a man's conscience is but a subtle hindrance when justifying one's actions. The Revolutionary leaders, thus, found themselves in a predicament when fighting for rights and freedoms of only a select group of French citizens. This struggle excluded women and slaves in the French kingdom and its colonies, and the revolutionary elite did not allow rights and freedoms to be enjoyed by all. How can one justify giving natural, civil, and …

…argue that Raynal's ideas were far more radical that Robespierre's and that a revolution based on Raynal's could have been even bloodier. Raynal's revolution could have involved a larger number of discontented citizens with farther reaching repercussions that could have impacted colonies around the world and with that the economies of many nations. This is another reason why the Crown felt that Raynal's ideas needed to be muted and any movements embracing his works discouraged.