Who amongst the following theorists defended people's Right to Rebellion?
John Locke defended the people’s right to resist and replace a government that violates the trust placed in it. In his Second Treatise of Government, political power is…
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Who amongst the following theorists defended people's Right to Rebellion?
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John Locke defended the people’s right to resist and replace a government that violates the trust placed in it. In his Second Treatise of Government, political power is entrusted to rulers to protect the people’s rights. A fundamental breach of that trust returns the authority to establish a new government to the people. Rawls’s account of civil disobedience concerns public, nonviolent lawbreaking aimed at changing laws or policies within a constitutional system.
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