Linked bibliography for the SEP article "Joseph Butler’s Moral Philosophy" by Aaron Garrett

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Primary Literature

There is currently no up to date, complete, critical edition of Butler’s works. The relevant editions of Butler’s works discussed in this article are:

I have cited these works from the most complete current edition, although the citations should allow for passages to be easily identified in other editions:

I have cited the “Preface” to the 2nd edition of the Sermons as “Preface,” the Sermons by number (i.e. “Sermon VI”), the “Introduction” to the Analogy of Religion as “Introduction,” the main contents of the work by “Analogy” and chapter, the Dissertation of Virtue as “Dissertation,” the Six Sermons as “Six Sermons” and the Clarke/Butler correspondence as “Clarke/Butler.” All references are by paragraph, corresponding to the paragraphs in the White edition above.

There is now an excellent and extremely informative reader’s edition of Butler’s Sermons and Dissertation on Virtue with the addition of A Sermon Preached Before the House of Lords and a selection from Butler’s correspondence with Clarke:

Secondary Literature

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