Multiple choice

Who among the following cautioned against the dangers of popular liberty?

  1. Mary Wollstonecraft

  2. Edmund Burke

  3. Thomas Hobbes

  4. John Locke

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Explanation

Edmund Burke, in 'Reflections on the Revolution in France' (1790), warned against the dangers of unchecked popular liberty and radical democracy. He defended tradition and gradual reform over revolutionary change, unlike Locke (pro-liberty) or Hobbes (pro-authoritarian order for stability).