Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny

Target entity: Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny
Context triple: [David Lipscomb, publication, Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny]

• A. A Fragment on Government
  A Fragment on Government is an influential 1776 political treatise by Jeremy Bentham that critiques William Blackstone’s Commentaries and lays early foundations for utilitarian legal and political theory.
• B. An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States
  An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States is an 1814 political treatise by John Taylor of Caroline that offers a states’ rights, agrarian, and anti-Federalist critique of the U.S. Constitution and federal power.
• C. The Citizen and the State
  The Citizen and the State is a book by economist George Stigler that analyzes the economic theory of regulation and the relationship between government and individual citizens.
• D. An Essay on the First Principles of Government
  An Essay on the First Principles of Government is an influential 18th-century political treatise by Joseph Priestley that argues for civil liberties, religious freedom, and the sovereignty of the people over government.
• E. Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society
  Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society is the English translation of Thomas Hobbes’s political treatise *De Cive*, which expounds his views on the nature of civil society, sovereignty, and the social contract.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny
Target entity description: "Civil Government: Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny" is a 19th-century Christian treatise by David Lipscomb that argues for strict separation between the kingdom of God and human governments, strongly discouraging Christian participation in civil politics.

• A. A Fragment on Government
  A Fragment on Government is an influential 1776 political treatise by Jeremy Bentham that critiques William Blackstone’s Commentaries and lays early foundations for utilitarian legal and political theory.
• B. An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States
  An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States is an 1814 political treatise by John Taylor of Caroline that offers a states’ rights, agrarian, and anti-Federalist critique of the U.S. Constitution and federal power.
• C. The Citizen and the State
  The Citizen and the State is a book by economist George Stigler that analyzes the economic theory of regulation and the relationship between government and individual citizens.
• D. An Essay on the First Principles of Government
  An Essay on the First Principles of Government is an influential 18th-century political treatise by Joseph Priestley that argues for civil liberties, religious freedom, and the sovereignty of the people over government.
• E. Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society
  Philosophical Rudiments Concerning Government and Society is the English translation of Thomas Hobbes’s political treatise *De Cive*, which expounds his views on the nature of civil society, sovereignty, and the social contract.
• F. None of above. chosen