Book contents
- Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Early Utilitarians
- Part II Paley’s ‘Moral Politics’
- Chapter 3 William Paley’s Moral Thought
- Chapter 4 ‘Taking the Pruning Knife to the Branch’
- Chapter 5 Natural Theology as an Aid to Virtue
- Part III Paley’s Politics
- Part IV Property and Poverty
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Ideas in Context
Chapter 4 - ‘Taking the Pruning Knife to the Branch’
Expediency in Action
from Part II - Paley’s ‘Moral Politics’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2018
- Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment
- Ideas in Context
- Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The Early Utilitarians
- Part II Paley’s ‘Moral Politics’
- Chapter 3 William Paley’s Moral Thought
- Chapter 4 ‘Taking the Pruning Knife to the Branch’
- Chapter 5 Natural Theology as an Aid to Virtue
- Part III Paley’s Politics
- Part IV Property and Poverty
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Ideas in Context
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- Utilitarianism in the Age of EnlightenmentThe Moral and Political Thought of William Paley, pp. 107 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018