The Life and Career of Cesare Beccaria Was Dedicated to the Idea

The life and career of Cesare Beccaria was dedicated to the idea that:

A) the only legitimate rationale for punishment was to maintain the social order.
B) the philosophes should become,following Plato,the rulers of the world.
C) the philosophes were atheists and should be persecuted as heretics.
D) human progress would result from a completely new scientific method.
E) the laws ought to be reformed to protect middle-class private property.