Secular utilitarianism

Description:

Jeremy Bentham was an ardent secularist convinced that society could be sustained without the support of religious institutions or beliefs. This book illustrates the nature, extent, and depth of Bentham's concern with religion, from his Oxford days of first doubts through the middle years of quiet unbelief to the zealous atheism and secularism of his later life. Crimmins provides an interpretation of Bentham's thought in which his religious views are shown to be integral: on the one hand, intimately associated with the metaphysical, epistemological, and psychological principles which gave shape to his system as a whole, and, on the other, central to the development of his entirely secular view of society.

subjects: Christianity and the social sciences,  History,  Religion,  Religion and the social sciences,  Utilitarianism,  Liberté religieuse,  Social sciences,  Christianity,  Sociale wetenschappen,  Atheïsme,  Religieuze aspecten,  Secularisatie (maatschappij),  Church of England,  Utilitarianisme,  Église et État,  Bentham, jeremy, 1748-1832,  Great britain, religion,  Christianity and the social sciencesy

People: Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 18th century,  19th century