Bob Brecher
British philosopher (born 1949)
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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.
Bob Brecher | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Awards | British Academy award |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Kent (BA & PhD) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Brighton |
| Main interests | political philosophy, ethics |
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)
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