Conscience, consciousness and ethics in Joseph Butler's philosophy and ministry:

Joseph Butler [1692-1752] is perhaps Britain's most powerful and original moral philosopher. He exercised a profound influence over the contemporary Protestant Churches, the English moralists and the Scottish philosophical school but his theory of the "affections", grounded in Newtoni...

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Main Author: Tennant, Bob (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2011
Series:Studies in modern British religious history v. 26
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Summary:Joseph Butler [1692-1752] is perhaps Britain's most powerful and original moral philosopher. He exercised a profound influence over the contemporary Protestant Churches, the English moralists and the Scottish philosophical school but his theory of the "affections", grounded in Newtonian metaphysics and presenting an account of human psychology, also set the terms of engagement with questions of education, slavery, missions and even labour relations. In the nineteenth-century English-speaking world he was an authority of first resort for Evangelicals, Tractarians, philosophers, scientists, psychologists, economists, sociologists, lawyers and educationalists alike. He remains a key reference point for modern American and British philosophers, from Broad to Rawls and beyond.<BR> Many analyses of Butler, however, have been distorted by aggressively secular readings.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 pages)
ISBN:9781846159398

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