Utilitarianism in the age of enlightenment : the moral and political thought of William Paley /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: O'Flaherty, Niall, 1971
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2019.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Ideas in context ; 118
Subjects:
Carrier Form: viii, 339 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-331) and index.
ISBN: 9781108474474
1108474470
Index Number: B1382
CLC: B82-064
Call Number: B82-064/O33
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.