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Richard Cumberland

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English philosopher, and Bishop of Peterborough

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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.

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