William Paley merupakan seorang pendeta di gereja Inggris. Ia berpendapat bahwa kehendak Tuhan dapat dipahami dengan menggunakan paham utilitarianisme. Asas dasar yang ditetapkannya ialah manusia harus bertindak dengan cara yang terbaik dengan hasil yang mampu meningkatkan kebahagiaan. Pendapat ini didasarinya oleh pandangan bahwa Tuhan bersifat maha pemurah. Waley memiliki pemikiran yang radikal. Ia menolak diadakannya perbudakan dan memberlakukan konservatisme dalam hal kepemilikan. Ia meyakini bahwa hukum kepemilikan adalah cara terbaik untuk memperkenalkan konsep mengenai kebahagiaan.[2]
Karya
The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, 1785
Horae Paulinae, or the Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul, 1790
^Nuruddin, Muhammad (2021). Hal-Hal yang Membingungkan Seputar Tuhan. Depok: Keira. hlm. 35. ISBN978-623-7754-64-0.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)
^Efendi, A., dan Susanti, D. O. (2021). Ilmu Hukum(PDF). Jakarta: Kencana. hlm. 164.Parameter |url-status= yang tidak diketahui akan diabaikan (bantuan)Pemeliharaan CS1: Banyak nama: authors list (link)
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