Godwin

Ken Binmore ()

Chapter Chapter 7 in Early Utilitarians, 2021, pp 33-37 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It is not Godwin's absurdly naive philosophy that is interesting. As a philosopher,he might be characterized as a real-life Candide attempting to II the shoes of his mentor Pangloss in preaching that all can be for the best in this best of all possible worlds.What is interesting about Godwin is his seeming inability to learn that the utopian principles on which he mulishly organized his own ramshackle life do not work, so that he was forced further and further into hypocrisy to survive. How come he came to be regarded as a guru in his early years? What kind of society would allow such a threadbare prophet to be taken seriously? What is to be learned about the utopians of our own time, who similarly threaten our tranquility with their unworkable schemes?

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74583-7_7

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