William Godwin was a British political philosopher and novelist who articulated the first systematic defense of anarchism based on utilitarian rationalism.
In An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Godwin argued that government and institutions are the root cause of human vice and misery; rational individuals guided purely by impartial benevolence will gradually make government obsolete.
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