In NCERT Political Theory's treatment of freedom, which thinker's 'harm principle' restricts state interference to acts that harm others — not acts harming only the agent themselves?
AThomas Hobbes
BJohn Stuart Mill
CFriedrich Hegel
DKarl Marx
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. John Stuart Mill
Mill's harm principle (in On Liberty) is the canonical liberal limit on state coercion — referenced explicitly in the NCERT chapter. The other thinkers held different positions on state authority.
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