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Which philosophers consider Priestley's metaphysical works as primary sources for utilitarianism?

  • Bentham, Mill, and Spencer

  • Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer

  • Locke, Hume, and Berkeley

  • Descartes, Leibniz, and Spinoza

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Philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Herbert Spencer consider Joseph Priestley's metaphysical works as primary sources for utilitarianism. His writings on theism, materialism, and determinism have had a lasting influence on the development of this philosophical movement.
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