Front Page Authors (by Period) William Paley

William Paley

1743 - 1805

About the Author

Paley was an 18th century English moral philosopher who became an influential teacher at the University of Cambridge. His major work, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785) played a vital role in disseminating utilitarian ideas in England.

In The Library:

• author: British Moralists, being Selections from Writers principally of the Eighteenth Century, vol. 2 (1897)
• author: The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785)