Richard B Brandt

Biographic Data

ID260767
NAMERichard B Brandt
GIVEN NAMESRichard B
FAMILY NAMEBrandt
SIGNATUREBRANDT R B
AFFILIATIONSSwarthmore College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS42
TOTAL CITATIONS33
AUTHOR COUNT42
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1941
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
H-INDEX3

  • Facts, Values, and Morality

    Sarah Stroud, Richard B BrandtARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1998

    1. Introduction 2. What is good in itself and the theory of motivation 3. The varieties of norms for behavior 4. The justification of moral statements 5. Optimal social moralities 6. Neonaturalism 7. Utilitarianism and distributive justice 8. Ethically required charitable giving? 9. Conscience-utilitarianism and the criminal law 10. Is being moral rational

  • Morality, Utilitarianism, and Rights

    Hugh Lafollette, Richard B Brandt et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1994

    Citation only. Full-text article is available through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Philosophical Quarterly, 44, 410-413. Doi: 10.2307/2219631. Members of the USF System may access the full-text of the article through the authenticated link provided below

  • Books in Review

    Open AccessRichard B BrandtARTICLEPolitical Theory1993

  • Goods and Virtues

    Richard B Brandt, Michael SloteARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…1986

  • The Concept of a Moral Right and its Function

    Richard B BrandtARTICLEThe Journal of Philosophy1983

  • The Real & Alleged Problems of Utilitarianism

    Richard B BrandtARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report1983

  • A Theory of the Good and the Right

    Richard B BrandtARTICLEMichigan Law Review1981

    What would any rational person believe to be worth wanting or working for? Viewed from the standpoint of ethics and empirical psychology, how would such a person define and explain the morally right and the just?And what system of morals would rational people select as the best for the society? Essential to what is important in traditional philosophical inquiries, these questions and others are pursued in A Theory of the Good and the Right, Richa…

  • The Morality of Tactical Nuclear Weapons

    Richard B Brandt, Richard BrandtARTICLEThe US Army War College Quarterly…1981

  • Case Studies in Bioethics

    Michael S Jellinek, Michael Jellinek et al.ARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report1979

  • Memory and Mind

    Richard B Brandt, Richard Brandt et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1979

  • The Psychology of Benevolence and its Implications for Philosophy

    Richard B Brandt, Inc The Journal Of PhilosophyARTICLEThe Journal of Philosophy1976

  • A Utilitarian Theory of Excuses

    Richard B BrandtARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1969Cited by: 1

    IF WE AIM to formulate and defend a utilitarian of excuses, we should begin with a rough indication of what the theory is to be about-what, in broad terms, an excuse is-and with a statement making clear what kind of is to be offered -whether a definition or explication, or a normative statement, or what. The following introductory remarks are intended to do these things. We speak of something as excused or inexcused only when something has gone w…

  • The Logic of the Identity Theory

    Richard B Brandt, Richard Brandt et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Philosophy1967Cited by: 4

  • Social Justice

    John Rawls, John F Rawls et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1965

  • Law, Liberty, and Morality

    Richard B Brandt, Richard Brandt et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1964

  • Normative Discourse

    Richard B Brandt, Paul W TaylorARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…1963

  • Wants as Explanations of Actions

    Richard B Brandt, Richard Brandt et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Philosophy1963Cited by: 2

  • Ethical Theory

    Bernard Peach, Richard B BrandtARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1961

  • Ethical Theory

    H J N Horsburgh, Richard B BrandtARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1961

    Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Ethical Theory : the Problems of Normative and Critical Ethics. By Richard B. Brandt. (New York : Prentice-Hall. 1959. Pp. xiii + 538. Price $6.75). H. J. N. Horsburgh H. J. N. Horsburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 11, Issue 45, October 1961, Page 384, https://doi.org/10.2307/2216550 Published: 01 October 1961

  • Anthropology and Ethics

    Richard B Brandt, May Edel et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1960Cited by: 6

  • The Sources of Value

    Richard B Brandt, Stephen C PepperARTICLEThe Philosophical Review1959

  • Hopi Ethics

    George H Fathauer, Richard B BrandtARTICLEEthnohistory1958

  • Philip Blair Rice on Ethical Theory

    Richard B BrandtARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…1957

  • The Languages of Realism and Nominalism

    Richard B BrandtARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…1957

  • The philosophy of Schleiermacher

    Richard B Brandt