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W. R. Washington (William Robert Washington) Sullivan
A late-19th-century writer on ethics and religion, this author explored whether moral life could stand on its own without traditional dogma. His work is thoughtful, argumentative, and aimed at readers curious about philosophy, conscience, and belief.
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Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles
by W. R. Washington (William Robert Washington) Sullivan
About the author
W. R. Washington Sullivan, also listed as William Robert Washington Sullivan, is known for Morality as a Religion: An Exposition of Some First Principles, first published in 1898. The book presents a case for grounding religious feeling and social purpose in ethics rather than in inherited doctrine.
A contemporary review in the International Journal of Ethics described the volume as a set of seventeen sermons by Sullivan, who was identified there as the lecturer and leader of the Ethical Religion Society, which met at Steinway Hall in Portman Square, London. That helps place him in the ethical culture movement of the time, where public lectures and sermons often focused on conscience, social duty, and the moral basis of community.
Beyond those details, reliable biographical information about Sullivan is limited in the sources found here. What does come through clearly is the spirit of his writing: earnest, intellectually engaged, and interested in how people might preserve meaning and moral seriousness in a changing modern world.