Biography:Bob Brecher
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Short description: British philosopher
Bob Brecher | |
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| 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" (in en). https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/bob-brecher. 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. https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/torture-and-the-ticking-bomb/. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ Bertram, CDI (1999). "Book Review of Getting What You Want? A Critique of Liberal Morality by Bob Brecher" (in English). Philosophical Books 40 (3): 196–198. https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/en/publications/book-review-of-getting-what-you-want-a-critique-of-liberal-morality-by-bob-brecher(74bf451f-2201-4fe0-b799-67dabe9a8550).html. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ Griseri, Paul (2005). "The Ideal of Professionalism" (in en). Philosophy of Management 5 (3): 71–78. doi:10.5840/pom2005537. ISSN 1740-3812.
- ↑ Marsella, Anthony J.. "Review: Torture and the Ticking Bomb". http://engagingpeace.com/?p=9843. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ↑ Miller, Paul J. W. (1989). "Anselm's Argument. The Logic of Divine Existence (review)" (in en). Journal of the History of Philosophy 27 (4): 612–613. doi:10.1353/hph.1989.0096. ISSN 1538-4586. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/226471/summary. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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