Bob Brecher

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Bob Brecher
Born1949
EducationUniversity of Kent (BA & PhD)
AwardsBritish Academy award
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Brighton
Main interests
political philosophy, ethics

Bob Brecher (born 1949) is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Brighton.[1] He is known for his expertise on ethics and political philosophy.[2][3][4][5][6] Brecher is co-director of Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics and a former president of Association for Social and Political Philosophy (2000-2003). He founded Res Publica in 1995.

Books[]

  • Anselm's Argument: the Logic of Divine Existence (Gower, 1985)
  • Torture and the Ticking Bomb (Blackwell, 2007)
  • Getting What You Want? A Critique of Liberal Morality (Routledge, 1997)

Edited[]

  • Liberalism and the New Europe, with Otakar Fleischmann (Avebury, 1993)
  • The University in a Liberal State, with Otakar Fleischmann (Avebury, 1996)
  • Nationalism and Racism in the Liberal Order, with Jo Halliday and Klára Kolinská (Avebury, 1998)
  • The New Order of War (Rodopi, 2010)
  • Discourses and Practices of Terrorism: Interrogating Terror, with Mark Devenney and Aaron Winter (Routledge, 2010)

References[]

  1. ^ "Bob Brecher". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ Coady, C. A. J. (28 February 2009). "Review of Torture and the Ticking Bomb". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ Bertram, CDI (1999). "Book Review of Getting What You Want? A Critique of Liberal Morality by Bob Brecher". Philosophical Books. 40 No. 3: 196–198. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. ^ Griseri, Paul (2005). "The Ideal of Professionalism". Philosophy of Management. 5 (3): 71–78. doi:10.5840/pom2005537. ISSN 1740-3812.
  5. ^ Marsella, Anthony J. "Review: Torture and the Ticking Bomb". engagingpeace.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  6. ^ Miller, Paul J. W. (1989). "Anselm's Argument. The Logic of Divine Existence (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 27 (4): 612–613. doi:10.1353/hph.1989.0096. ISSN 1538-4586. Retrieved 28 November 2018.

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