English philosopher and daughter of Ralph Cudworth who was a close associate of John Locke and developed a Lockean rational virtue ethics emphasizing women's education.
Argued that reason and religion are compatible; developed a virtue ethics grounded in reason and the love of God; was among the first to argue explicitly for women's rational and philosophical education.
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