Book Description
Presenting the core arguments of three works in religion by late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century English utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) – ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF NATURAL RELIGION ON THE TEMPORAL HAPPINESS OF MANKIND; NOT PAUL, BUT JESUS; and THE CHURCH-OF-ENGLAND CATECHISM EXAMINED – Professor Delos B. McKown defends them vigorously against attacks by religious scholars of subsequent periods and then offers his own analysis of the strengths and shortcomings of Bentham’s thought in each book. Taken together, these three discussions make Bentham’s published stance on religion accessible for the first time to modern readers.
About the author
Delos B. McKown is professor emeritus and former chairman of the Philosophy Department at Auburn University. He is the author of THE MYTHMAKER'S MAGIC: BEHIND THE ILLUSION OF "CREATION SCIENCE" and WITH FAITH AND FURY.
