Question

Describe two current social/cultural institutions or activities that show evidence of Enlightenment thinking (ex. an academic discipline, an industry, a social structure, a sport, a type of literature, an art form, etc.) What is it about your examples that appear to be influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment?

Answer 1

One of the values of Enlightenment is tolerance, and tolerance is present in many current institutions

One example of tolerance is universities providing a sign language interpreter for Deaf students: this shows that they are inclusive of people with hearing impairments.

Another idea of Enlightenment is the empiricism in science - and I see the influence of this idea in the methodology used for example in biology: all results have to be documented in detail.