Political Science · Political Theory
The book 'Enquiry Concerning Political Justice' was written by whom?
AEdmund Burke
BWilliam Godwin ✓ Correct
CHarold J. Laski
DJ. S. Mill
Correct answer: (B) William Godwin — Enquiry Concerning Political Justice was written by William Godwin, so the answer is Godwin.
Explanation
★Enquiry Concerning Political Justice was written by William Godwin, so the answer is Godwin.
★He published it in 1793 in the wake of the French Revolution.
★Godwin is regarded as a founder of philosophical anarchism.
★He argued that government and law corrupt the natural reason and benevolence of people.
★He believed that as reason advances, the state would become unnecessary and wither away.
★Edmund Burke, by contrast, defended tradition and attacked the French Revolution.
★Godwin's faith in reason and human perfectibility marks him as a radical Enlightenment thinker.
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