Utilitarianism in the age of enlightenment : the moral and political thought of William Paley /
This is the first book-length study of one of the most influential traditions in eighteenth-century Anglophone moral and political thought, 'theological utilitarianism'. Niall O'Flaherty charts its development from its formulation by Anglican disciples of Locke in the 1730s to its cul...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Ideas in context ;
118. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The development of Lockean moral philosophy
- Abraham Tucker and the call for "moral policy"
- William Paley's moral thought
- "Taking the pruning knife to the branch": expediency in action
- Natural theology as an aid to virtue
- Utility and the science of politics
- Utility and the constitution
- Paley on crimes and punishments
- Utility and toleration
- The problem of poverty
- From Paley to Malthus: utility and society after 1785.
