Conscience, Consciousness and Ethics in Joseph Butler's Philosophy and Ministry

by Bob Tennant

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843836122
• ISBN13: 9781843836124
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"