As one of the first philosophers to develop a quasi-mathematical morality, or "moral calculus," Cumberland greatly influenced subsequent ethicists such as Jeremy Bentham, Francis Hutcheson, Samuel Clarke, Benedict de Spinoza, and Gottfried Leibniz.
The pursuit of the common good, he wrote, is "naturally fitting for a rational being". As one of the first philosophers to develop a quasi-mathematical morality, or "moral calculus," Cumberland greatly influenced subsequent ethicists such as Jeremy Bentham, Francis Hutcheson, Samuel Clarke, Benedict de Spinoza, and Gottfried Leibniz.
David C. Rapoport, professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a longtime expert on terrorism and morality, said that the final common pathway is a moral calculus, driven by the conclusion that the terrorists' enemies have "done something so bad, so terrible that they can't get away with it".
That changes the moral calculus.
What's the moral calculus here?
His moral calculus is a simple arithmetic.
The moral calculus (or lack of) is mind-boggling.
That astonishingly daring and dangerous moral calculus has a Biblical grandeur, horror, and authority.
For patients, though, the moral calculus of the nurses-for-money exchange doesn't add up.
Sheehan argues that this transformation entailed "a shift in Europeans' moral calculus".
When they came upon a more important site the next day, the moral calculus seemed clearer.
