Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?
Correct answer: A. Thomas Paine
- A. Thomas Paine
- B. James Mackintosh
- C. Edmund Burke
- D. John Locke
Explanation
Thomas Paine argued that government exists to protect people and that oppressive monarchy can rightly be resisted or overthrown. Locke also defended resistance to tyrannical government, but this revolutionary and explicitly anti-monarchical formulation most directly points to Paine.
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