The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

William Paley

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William Paley

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9781107326217
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107326217

Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
Subjects:: Philosophy: General Interest, Ethics, Philosophy, Political Philosophy

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A major philosophical mind in his day, William Paley (1743–1805) wrote in a lucid style that made complex ideas more accessible to a wide readership. This work, first published in 1785, was based on the lectures he gave on moral philosophy at Christ's College, Cambridge. Cited in parliamentary debates and remaining on the syllabus at Cambridge into the twentieth century, it stands as one of the most influential texts to emerge from the Enlightenment period in Britain. An orthodox theologian, grounding his utilitarian ethics in strong religious faith, Paley held notably progressive views on issues of toleration and the slave trade. His perspicuity prompted one contemporary to remark that the book 'presents a subject which has always been considered as harsh and difficult, in the most agreeable and intelligible form … we sit down to be informed of our duty, and are surprised to meet with amusement'.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

TO THE RIGHT REVEREND EDMUND LAW, D. D. LORD BISHOP OF CARLISLE
pp v-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xxxiv

Contents
pp xxxv-xl

BOOK I - PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS

CHAP. I - Definition and Use of the Science
pp 1-1

CHAP. II - The Law of Honour
pp 2-3

CHAP. III - The Law of the Land
pp 3-5

CHAP. IV - The Scriptures
pp 5-8

CHAP. V - The moral Sense
pp 8-17

CHAP. VI - Human Happiness
pp 18-34

CHAP. VII - Virtue
pp 35-46

BOOK II - MORAL OBLIGATION

CHAP. I - The Question, Why am I obliged to keep my Word? considered
pp 47-49

CHAP. II - What we mean, when we say a Man is obliged to do a Thing
pp 49-51

CHAP. III - The Question, Why am I obliged to keep my Word? resumed
pp 51-54

CHAP. IV - The Will of God
pp 54-57

CHAP. V - The Divine Benevolence
pp 57-60

CHAP. VI - Utility
pp 61-63

CHAP. VII - The Necessity of General Rules
pp 64-67

CHAP. VIII - The Consideration of general Consequences pursued
pp 68-71

CHAP. IX - Of Right
pp 72-74

CHAP. X - The Division of Rights
pp 74-81

CHAP. XI - The General Rights of Mankind
pp 82-90

BOOK III - RELATIVE DUTIES

PART I - OF RELATIVE DUTIES WHICH ARE DETERMINATE

CHAP. I - Of Property
pp 91-92

CHAP. II - The Use of the Institution of Property
pp 92-95

CHAP. III - The History of Property
pp 96-97

CHAP. IV - In what the Right of Property is founded
pp 98-105

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