Richard Cumberland
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English philosopher, and Bishop of Peterborough
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Cumberland was an English philosopher, and Bishop of Peterborough from 1691. In 1672, he published his major work, De legibus naturae , propounding utilitarianism and opposing the egoistic ethics of Thomas Hobbes.