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William Paley, 1743-1805. Early Modern English philosopher and theologian. In moral philosophy, he espoused a form of utilitarianism.

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• A View of the Evidences of Christianity

  http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/paley/paley.htm
  Images of several pages from this 1794 work by Paley.

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: William Paley

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/paley/
  Short article on this 18th-century religious writer.

• Natural Theology

  http://mdp.lib.umich.edu/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015065664651
  Online text of the 1809 edition of this Paley opus.

• Rocky Road: William Paley

  http://www.strangescience.net/paley.htm
  A concise note on Paley's "watchmaker" argument and Darwin's contradiction of it.

• Wikipedia: William Paley

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paley
  Entry from this open-access reference work.

• William Paley

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/paley.html
  Brief article reviewing his legacy for creationism.

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