Bob Brecher

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
Born1949
EducationUniversity of Kent (BA & PhD)
AwardsBritish Academy award
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity 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)

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.

Bob Brecher

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