Author: William Paley
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
Author: William Paley
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Publisher:
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Paley's Moral Philosophy
Author: William Paley
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment
Author: Niall O'Flaherty
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108474470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Studies the influential tradition of 'theological utilitarianism' in the eighteenth century through the lens of William Paley's life and thought.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108474470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Studies the influential tradition of 'theological utilitarianism' in the eighteenth century through the lens of William Paley's life and thought.
Beyond Bad
Author: Chris Paley
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1529327105
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
'Brilliantly unillusioned thinking... It could hardly be more necessary in these all-too-moralistic times' - James Marriott, THE TIMES Morals have held empires together, kept soldiers marching under fire, fed the hungry, passed laws, built walls, welcomed immigrants, destroyed careers and governed our sex lives. But what if morality's all meaningless rubbish, a malfunctioning relic of our evolutionary past? This is the provocative argument that Chris Paley makes. This isn't an attack on one set of moral codes or one way of thinking about ethics: it's a call for abolishing the whole caboodle. He uses evolutionary psychology to show how and why morality emerged: they enabled our forebears to survive and prosper in tribal groups. Today, our morals constrain us, bias us, and push us in the wrong direction. The biggest challenges our species faces, whether global warming, nuclear proliferation or the rise of the robots, are pan-human. These challenges are beyond what our moral minds were designed to cope with. You can't build smartphones with stone-age axes, and you can't solve modern humanity's problems with tools that are designed to create primitive, competitive groups. From Chris Paley, author of the 'extraordinary', 'startling' and 'thought-provoking' Unthink, comes Beyond Bad, which shows morals hinder us from achieving what we want to achieve. Beyond Bad is the book that 'does for morals what Dawkins did for God'.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1529327105
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
'Brilliantly unillusioned thinking... It could hardly be more necessary in these all-too-moralistic times' - James Marriott, THE TIMES Morals have held empires together, kept soldiers marching under fire, fed the hungry, passed laws, built walls, welcomed immigrants, destroyed careers and governed our sex lives. But what if morality's all meaningless rubbish, a malfunctioning relic of our evolutionary past? This is the provocative argument that Chris Paley makes. This isn't an attack on one set of moral codes or one way of thinking about ethics: it's a call for abolishing the whole caboodle. He uses evolutionary psychology to show how and why morality emerged: they enabled our forebears to survive and prosper in tribal groups. Today, our morals constrain us, bias us, and push us in the wrong direction. The biggest challenges our species faces, whether global warming, nuclear proliferation or the rise of the robots, are pan-human. These challenges are beyond what our moral minds were designed to cope with. You can't build smartphones with stone-age axes, and you can't solve modern humanity's problems with tools that are designed to create primitive, competitive groups. From Chris Paley, author of the 'extraordinary', 'startling' and 'thought-provoking' Unthink, comes Beyond Bad, which shows morals hinder us from achieving what we want to achieve. Beyond Bad is the book that 'does for morals what Dawkins did for God'.
Paley's Moral Philosophy
Author: William Paley
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Paley's Moral Philosophy: with annotations by R. Whately, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin
Author: William Paley
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Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Languages : en
Pages : 266
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The Moral Philosophy of Paley
Author: Alexander Bain
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Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Moral Philosophy from Montaigne to Kant
Author: J. B. Schneewind
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521003049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
This anthology contains excerpts from some thirty-two important 17th and 18th century moral philosophers. Including a substantial introduction and extensive bibliographies, the anthology facilitates the study and teaching of early modern moral philosophy in its crucial formative period. As well as well-known thinkers such as Hobbes, Hume, and Kant, there are excerpts from a wide range of philosophers never previously assembled in one text, such as Grotius, Pufendorf, Nicole, Clarke, Leibniz, Malebranche, Holbach and Paley.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521003049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
This anthology contains excerpts from some thirty-two important 17th and 18th century moral philosophers. Including a substantial introduction and extensive bibliographies, the anthology facilitates the study and teaching of early modern moral philosophy in its crucial formative period. As well as well-known thinkers such as Hobbes, Hume, and Kant, there are excerpts from a wide range of philosophers never previously assembled in one text, such as Grotius, Pufendorf, Nicole, Clarke, Leibniz, Malebranche, Holbach and Paley.
Paley's Moral and Political Philosophy
Author: William Paley
Publisher:
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Publisher:
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Paley's moral philosophy: With annotations by Richard Whately
Author: William Paley
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Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 280
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