On the Principles of Political Morality

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"On the Principles of Political Morality" is a seminal 1794 speech by Maximilien Robespierre that articulates his vision of revolutionary virtue, republican democracy, and the justification of terror during the French Revolution.

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instanceOf historical document ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
revolutionary speech ⓘ
aim to articulate a doctrine of republican virtue ⓘ
to define principles of revolutionary government ⓘ
to justify the use of terror in defense of the Revolution ⓘ
associatedWith Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
National Convention (France) ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ
author Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
authorOccupation lawyer ⓘ
revolutionary leader ⓘ
authorPoliticalRole leading member of the Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
centralTheme defense of the Revolution ⓘ
justification of terror ⓘ
political morality ⓘ
relationship between virtue and terror ⓘ
republican democracy ⓘ
revolutionary virtue ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
date 1794 ⓘ
documentType political address ⓘ
public speech ⓘ
genre political theory ⓘ
revolutionary rhetoric ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
historicalSignificance canonical document of the French Revolution ⓘ
important source for the theory of revolutionary government ⓘ
key text for understanding Jacobin political ideology ⓘ
influenced debates on revolutionary violence ⓘ
later interpretations of the Reign of Terror ⓘ
modern political theory discussions of virtue and violence ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment political thought ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
language French ⓘ
movement French revolutionary republicanism ⓘ
philosophicalConcept general will ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
terror ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
politicalContext Reign of Terror ⓘ
politicalGoal defense of the Republic against internal and external enemies ⓘ
moral regeneration of the French people ⓘ
politicalIdeology Jacobinism ⓘ
linked to: Jacobin centralism

republicanism ⓘ
setting National Convention in Paris ⓘ
viewOnDemocracy advocates a form of radical republican democracy ⓘ
viewOnTerror presents terror as an instrument of virtue ⓘ
year 1794 ⓘ

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