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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Butler canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Anglican bishop
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Christian ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1692-05-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Wantage, Berkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bristol Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| critiqued |
Bernard Mandeville’s moral theory
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Thomas Hobbes’s egoism ⓘ deism ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1752-06-16 ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oriel College, Oxford
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Samuel Jones’s dissenting academy at Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian theology
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ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalConcept |
conscience as a natural principle
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self-love and benevolence as compatible principles ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century analytic moral philosophy
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Adam Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Sidgwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of deism
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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
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The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
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clergyman ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
British moral philosophy
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anti-utilitarian ethics ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of Bristol
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Bishop of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Clerk of the Closet to the King NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| servedAs | preacher at the Rolls Chapel, London ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Anglican theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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