Utilitarianism in the age of enlightenment : the moral and political thought of William Paley /
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2019. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Ideas in context ;
118 |
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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. |