Thomas Paine clearly believes that A) no one, not common man or king, has a right to commit murder. B) he is a noble countryman, with a warrior heart and a clear conscience. C) he has a right to protect and defend himself, his property, his home, and his family. D) only in acts of war is it permissible to commit murder or violent acts of aggression.

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Thomas Paine clearly believes that A) no one, not common man or king, has a right to commit murder. B) he is a noble countryman, with a warrior heart and a clear conscience. C) he has a right to protect and defend himself, his property, his home, and his family. D) only in acts of war is it permissible to commit murder or violent acts of aggression.

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Holly Schwartz · Answer 1

Answer: Thomas Paine clearly believes that

C) he has a right to protect and defend himself, his property, his home, and his family.

Explanation:

Paine became notorious because of his pamphlets. The Age of Reason, in which he advocated deism, promoted reason and free thought and argued against institutionalized religion in general and Christian doctrine in particular.

Paine denounced the monarch into argued that people are born in to a state of equality. An advocate of natural rights theory, Paine claimed that there are no natural rulers among men. He then proposed a system of representative government for the colonies.