George Berkeley and John Stuart Mill on the Utility of the Christian Religion = George Berkeley i John Stuart Mill o użyteczności religii chrześcijańskiej

In this paper I compare George Berkeley’s evaluation of utility of the Christian religion, as presented in his Alciphron (1732), with John Stuart Mill’s re-evaluation, contained in his posthumously printed essay Utility of Religion (1874). I obviously take also into account the two philosophers’ oth...

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Published in:Przegla̜d religioznawczy
Subtitles:George Berkeley i John Stuart Mill o użyteczności religii chrześcijańskiej
Main Author: Spryszak, Przemysław (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Polish
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Published: Polskie Towarzyrtwo Religioznawcze 2020
In: Przegla̜d religioznawczy
Further subjects:B Enlightenment
B Religious Beliefs
B Utilitarianism
B Christianity
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Summary:In this paper I compare George Berkeley’s evaluation of utility of the Christian religion, as presented in his Alciphron (1732), with John Stuart Mill’s re-evaluation, contained in his posthumously printed essay Utility of Religion (1874). I obviously take also into account the two philosophers’ other works provided the utility in question is discussed there to some important extent. I argue, among others, that Berkeley’s claim that the Christian religion is necessarily and most greatly useful, i.e. inevitably leads to the happiness of mankind, as well as Mill’s acceptance of rather the contrary claim, logically depend on assumptions regarding either the world as such (Berkeley), or the human mind as such (Mill), hence one cannot, indeed, decide the problem apart from taking them into consideration.
ISSN:2658-1531
Contains:Enthalten in: Przegla̜d religioznawczy