Richard Brandt

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Richard Brandt is affiliated with the following schools: Yale University, Swarthmore College, University of Michigan, University of Tübingen, Denison University, University of Cambridge

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#240

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#573

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#109

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#324

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#651

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#134

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According to Wikipedia, Richard Booker Brandt was an American philosopher working in the utilitarian tradition in moral philosophy. Education and career Brandt was originally educated at Denison University, a Baptist institution he was shepherded to by his minister father, and graduated in 1930 with majors in philosophy and classical studies. In 1933 he earned another B.A., this time in the philosophy of religion, from Cambridge University. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale University in 1936. He taught at Swarthmore College before becoming Chair of the Department of Philosophy the University of Michigan in 1964, where he taught with Charles Stevenson and William K. Frankena and spent the remainder of his career. The expressivist moral philosopher Allan Gibbard has mentioned his great intellectual debt to Brandt.

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Richard Brandt's Published Works

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A theory of the good and the right (1980) (460)
V.—THE CONCEPTS OF OBLIGATION AND DUTY (1964) (186)
The Science of Man and Wide Reflective Equilibrium (1990) (147)
Morality, utilitarianism, and rights (1992) (119)
The Morality of Abortion (1972) (77)
The logic of the identity theory (1967) (58)
Hopi Ethics. A Theoretical Analysis. (1955) (57)
Utilitarianism and the Rules of War (1974) (52)
Facts, values, and morality (1996) (44)
The Structure of Virtue (1988) (39)
Wants as Explanations of Actions (1963) (37)
Rationality, Egoism, and Morality (1972) (33)
ACTUAL UTILITY , THE OBJECTION FROM IMPRACTICALITY , AND THE MOVE TO EXPECTED UTILITY (2004) (30)
A Utilitarian Theory of Excuses (1969) (28)
Fairness to Indirect Optimific Theories in Ethics (1988) (26)
Experiments in living (1952) (23)
War and Moral Responsibility (1974) (23)
The philosophy of Schleiermacher : the development of his theory of scientific and religious knowledge (1941) (22)
The Definition of an "Ideal Observer" Theory in Ethics (1955) (21)
The Psychology of Benevolence and its Implications for Philosophy (1976) (20)
Ethical Theory: The Problems of Normative and Critical Ethics. (1961) (20)
Values and Morals: Essays in Honor of William Frankena, Charles Stevenson, and Richard Brandt (1978) (19)
Fairness To Happiness (1989) (17)
Moral Valuation (1946) (14)
Utilitarianism and Moral Rights (1984) (14)
Value and Obligation Systematic Readings in Ethics (1961) (13)
Ought, Reasons, and Morality. (1989) (13)
The philosophy of Schleiermacher (1941) (11)
Meaning and knowledge : systematic readings in epistemology (1965) (11)
The Significance of Differences of Ethical Opinion For Ethical Rationalism (1944) (10)
The Concept of Rational Action (1983) (10)
The Epistemological Status of Memory Beliefs (1955) (9)
The Languages of Realism and Nominalism (1957) (9)
Moral Philosophy and the Analysis of Language (1963) (7)
W. K. Frankena and Ethics of Virtue (1981) (7)
The Rational Criticism of Preferences (1998) (7)
The Concept of a Moral Right and its Function (1983) (6)
The Concept of Rational Belief (1985) (6)
The real & alleged problems of utilitarianism. (1983) (5)
The Future of Ethics (1981) (5)
Overvold on Self-Interest and Self-Sacrifice (1991) (5)
Stevenson's Defense of the Emotive Theory (1950) (4)
Practical Rationality: A Response (1989) (3)
Conscience (rule) utilitarianism and the criminal law (1995) (3)
COMMENTS ON CHAD HANSEN'S “LANGUAGE UTILITARIANISM” (1989) (3)
Some Comments on Professor Firth's Reply (1955) (3)
The insanity defense and the theory of motivation (1988) (2)
Roderick Firth's Contribution to Ethics (1991) (2)
Foundationalism for Moral Theory (1995) (2)
Rationality, rules, and utility : new essays on the moral philosophy of Richard B. Brandt (1994) (2)
An Emotional Theory of the Judgment of Moral Worth (1941) (2)
The Problems of Philosophy. Edited by William P. Alston [and] Richard B. Brandt. -- (1974) (1)
The Problems of Philosophy Introductory Readings (1967) (1)
A suicide attempt & emergency room ethics. Commentary. (1979) (1)
Moral Theory and Moral Education (1988) (1)
A puzzle in Lewis's theory of memory (1954) (1)
Hare on abortion. (1989) (1)
SOME PUZZLES FOR ATTITUDE THEORIES OF VALUE (1957) (1)
Problems of Philosophy (2004) (0)
THE MORALITY OF TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS: A PHILOSOPHER'S DEBATE (1981) (0)
Comments on Mr. Raab's Theses (1952) (0)
Books in Review (1993) (0)
Epistemic Priority and Coherence: Comments (1964) (0)
Book Review:Rightness and Goodness: A Study in Contemporary Ethical Theory. Oliver A. Johnson (1960) (0)
III.—THE STATUS OF EMPIRICAL ASSERTION THEORIES IN ETHICS (1952) (0)
Comment on Kaufman (1971) (0)
The Philosophy of Schleiermacher. (1941) (0)
IS ETHICS A SCIENCE (1980) (0)
Good Will and Ill Will (1951) (0)
On the Possibility of Reference to Inferred Entities (1938) (0)
Comments on Taylor's Theses (1954) (0)
Freedom & morality : The Lindley Lectures delivered at the University of Kansas (1976) (0)
Moral principles relevant to euthanasia. (1980) (0)
Philip Blair Rice on Ethical Theory (1957) (0)
Books Received (1979) (0)
The Age of Analysis: Twentieth Century Philosophers. (1956) (0)
Freedom & Morality the Lindley Lectures (1976) (0)
Ethical theory : the problem of normative and critical ethics / Richard B. Brandt (1959) (0)
Comment on Macgallum (1971) (0)
Public Policy and Life and Death Decisions Regarding Defective Newborns (1987) (0)

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