Joseph Butler

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Joseph Butler was an 18th-century English Anglican bishop, theologian, and philosopher best known for his influential works on ethics, human nature, and critiques of deism.

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instanceOf Anglican bishop ⓘ
Christian ethicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
birthDate 1692-05-18 ⓘ
birthPlace Wantage, Berkshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Wantage
burialPlace Bristol Cathedral ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
critiqued Bernard Mandeville’s moral theory ⓘ
Thomas Hobbes’s egoism ⓘ
deism ⓘ
deathDate 1752-06-16 ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
educatedAt Oriel College, Oxford ⓘ
Samuel Jones’s dissenting academy at Gloucester ⓘ
fieldOfWork Christian theology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
fullName Joseph Butler ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalConcept conscience as a natural principle ⓘ
self-love and benevolence as compatible principles ⓘ
influenced 20th-century analytic moral philosophy ⓘ
Adam Smith ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Henry Sidgwick ⓘ
Thomas Reid ⓘ
knownFor critique of deism ⓘ
defense of revealed religion ⓘ
influence on later British moralists ⓘ
theory of conscience as a governing principle in human nature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableWork Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel ⓘ
The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool British moral philosophy ⓘ
anti-utilitarian ethics ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Bristol ⓘ
Bishop of Durham ⓘ
Clerk of the Closet to the King ⓘ
linked to: Clerk of the Closet

Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
servedAs preacher at the Rolls Chapel, London ⓘ
theologicalTradition Anglican theology ⓘ

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