Niall O’Flaherty
Biographic Data
| ID | 5633118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niall O’Flaherty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niall |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Flaherty |
| SIGNATURE | O’FLAHERTY N |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment
William Paley's Moral Philosophy and the Challenge of Hume
This essay offers a reassessment of William Paley's Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785). It focuses on his defence of religious ethics from challenges laid down in David Hume's Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751). By restoring the context of theological/philosophical debate to Paley's thinking about ethics, the essay attempts to establish his genuine commitment to a worldly theology and to a programme of human advan…
The rhetorical strategy of William Paley’s Natural theology (1802)
William Paley's Moral Philosophy and the Challenge of Hume
This essay offers a reassessment of William Paley's Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785). It focuses on his defence of religious ethics from challenges laid down in David Hume's Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751). By restoring the context of theological/philosophical debate to Paley's thinking about ethics, the essay attempts to establish his genuine commitment to a worldly theology and to a programme of human advan…
The rhetorical strategy of William Paley’s Natural theology (1802)
Utilitarianism in the Age of Enlightenment
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Enlightenment (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religious Studies (2 works) · Religious studies (2 works)