Bob Brecher
Bob Brecher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 |
| Education | University of Kent (BA & PhD) |
| Awards | British Academy award |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University 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[]
- ^ "Bob Brecher". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Griseri, Paul (2005). "The Ideal of Professionalism". Philosophy of Management. 5 (3): 71–78. doi:10.5840/pom2005537. ISSN 1740-3812.
- ^ Marsella, Anthony J. "Review: Torture and the Ticking Bomb". engagingpeace.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ 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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Categories:
- 21st-century British philosophers
- Philosophy academics
- Living people
- 1949 births
- Political philosophers
- Academics of the University of Brighton
- Moral philosophers
- Alumni of the University of Kent
- University of Khartoum faculty
- British philosopher stubs