description: Published between 1850 and 1870, English social and political philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) offers his most sustained analysis of religious belief. Though not prepared to abandon the idea of an overall design in nature, Mill nonetheless argues that its violence and capriciousness mitigate against moral ends in nature's workings. Moreover, any designer of such a world as we experience cannot be all powerful and all good, for nature is "too clumsily made and capriciously governed."
language: English
title: Three Essays on Religion: 1878 Edition
titlecomplete: Three Essays on Religion: 1878 Edition (Key Texts)
genres: Religion, Atheism, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Essays, Theology
ratings_count: 79
publisher: Bristol : Thoemmes Press