Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment

Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment

The Moral and Political Thought of William Paley

O'Flaherty, Niall

Cambridge University Press

06/2020

360

Mole

Inglês

9781108464680

15 a 20 dias

540

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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Early Utilitarians: 1. The development of Lockean moral philosophy; 2. Abraham Tucker and the call for 'moral policy'; Part II. Paley's 'Moral Politics': 3. William Paley's moral thought; 4. 'Taking the pruning knife to the branch': expediency in action; 5. Natural theology as an aid to virtue; Part III. Paley's Politics: 6. Utility and the science of politics; 7. Utility and the constitution; 8. Paley on crimes and punishments; 9. Utility and toleration; Part IV. Property and Poverty: 10. The problem of poverty; 11. From Paley to Malthus: utility and society after 1785; Conclusion; Select bibliography.
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