Question

A state's monopoly over a specific territory is necessary for advancing which of these liberal goals?

a. protecting individual rights

b. promoting tolerance of diversity

c. spreading democracy throughout the world

d. preventing the tyranny of the majority

Answer 1

The bedrock of liberalism is that individual rights should be protected by the government. It does not imply that government provides any rights but, in actual sense, it only acts as an authority to safeguard the rights of one person from others.

The government will have such authority if it has control over a specific geographical territory.

Thus,

A state's monopoly over a specific territory is necessary for protecting individual rights.

Hence, the correct answer is the option (a).