<history of philosophy, biography> english philosopher (1631-1718). Cumberland opposed the ethical egoism of Hobbes in his De Legibus Naturae Disquisitio Philosophica (Treatise of the Laws of Nature) (1672), arguing that a universal benevolence motivates each human being to seek the happiness of all, leaving no room for the exercise of free will. Recommended Reading: Jon Parkin, Science, Religion and Politics in Restoration England: Richard Cumberland's De Legibus Nature (Royal Historical Society, 1999).
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