John Gay (1699–1745), a cousin of the poet John Gay, was an English philosopher, biblical scholar and Church of England clergyman. The greatest happiness principle, Gay supposed, represented a middle ground between the egoism of Hobbes and Hutcheson's moral sense theory.
- Occupation
- philosopher, theologian
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1699
- Died
- 1745
