Richard Schmitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3873475 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Schmitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmitt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMITT R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brown University |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-7551-2541 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Restorative over Retributive Justice
In this, his final article to be published in the Radical Philosophy Review, submitted just before his death, Richard Schmitt makes the case for restorative justice as an alternative to retribution and punishment for those who break the law. Attacking both the empirical basis of “instrumentalist” arguments as well as the intuitions of “retributivists,” Schmitt argues that incarceration in particular, and punishment more generally, lack a signific…
Votes and Virtues
Anglophone political theorists regard democracy as an electoral system. The moral character of citizens in a democracy is of no interest to them. But electoral systems that disregard the virtue of citizens yield racist governmental systems and major injustices. Democracy requires citizens distinguished by virtues
Commodification and the Limits of Liberal Equality
But What If We Cannot Agree
A central challenge common to democratic processes is the inability of citizens to reach agreement on any given matter. Most frequently these disagreements are settled by vote, victory going to the majority. But majority rule is a fairly recent technique. Traditionally decisions were made by some form of non-opposition. This paper describes several versions of that decision-making technique and then shows how mediation methods, also known as “ADR…
Introduction to Marx and Engels
New Questions without a New Art
Methods of Democratic Decision-Making
The paper reflects on the methods democratic systems use for arriving at decisions. The most popular ones are elections where the majority rules and deliberative democracy. I argue that both of these do not measure up to the demands of democracy. Whether we use voting with majority rule or deliberative methods, only a portion of the citizenry is allowed to rule itself; minorities are always excluded. Instead of voting with majority ruler or delib…
Solidarity in Socialism
Socialist Democracy and Solidarity
For a long time now, socialists have insisted that their system must be democratic. That has always meant that everyone should participate in decisions affecting them. Participation is said to be a
Richard Schmitt replies to his critics
When the Day Comes, Will We Be Able to Construct a Socialist Democracy
Taking Socialism Seriously
Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism. Various chapters discuss suitable forms of love and family in a socialist society and economic arrangements within a socialist system. They al…
Taking Socialism Seriously
Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism. Various chapters discuss suitable forms of love and family in a socialist society and economic arrangements within a socialist system. They al…
"Comment on Charles Mills, "Occupy Liberalism
Socialist Solidarity
The theme is socialist solidarity. Schmitt notes that efforts towards solidarity fail because we do not know how to put our ideals in practice. The example is taken from the early kibbutzim. The founders were clear about their socialist principles but did not know how to put those in practice in such simple situations as the distribution of clothing. Schmitt concludes from that example that efforts to build socialist solidarity are often impeded …
Taking socialism seriously
An introduction to social and political philosophy
Living With Evil
Some Final Thoughts
Proud to Be a Man
Beyond Separateness
Radical Philosophy
In My Father’s House
Persons and Power
The Radical Philosophy Association
Husserl's Transcendental-Phenomenological Reduction
Proud to Be a Man
Solidarity in Socialism
"Comment on Charles Mills, "Occupy Liberalism
Beyond Separateness
Heidegger
I: From There to Being.- I. Being and Time.- II. Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics.- III. The Essence of Ground.- IV. What is Metaphysics?.- II: Reversal.- I. On the Essence of Truth.- II. The Self-assertion of the German University.- III. Introduction to Metaphysics.- IV: From Being to There.- Section A. The De-volution of Thought 299.- I. Plato.- II. Aristotle.- III. Descartes.- IV. Hegel.- V. Nietzsche.- VI. Logic.- VII. Humanism.- VIII. Tra…
Husserl's Transcendental-Phenomenological Reduction
An Introduction to Metaphysics
Das Geheimnis der Kunst
Phenomenology and Analysis
Heidegger
I: From There to Being.- I. Being and Time.- II. Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics.- III. The Essence of Ground.- IV. What is Metaphysics?.- II: Reversal.- I. On the Essence of Truth.- II. The Self-assertion of the German University.- III. Introduction to Metaphysics.- IV: From Being to There.- Section A. The De-volution of Thought 299.- I. Plato.- II. Aristotle.- III. Descartes.- IV. Hegel.- V. Nietzsche.- VI. Logic.- VII. Humanism.- VIII. Tra…
Edmund Husserl's Theory of Meaning
Transcendental Phenomenology
A New Hypothesis About The Relations of Class, Race and Gender
The materialist dialectic
Introduction to Marx and Engels
Introduction * Human Nature * Against Individualism * History * The Dialectic * Historical Materialism * Materialism and Idealism * Ideology * Capitalism * Capitalism and Exploitation * Alienation * The Future of Capitalism and Its Failures * What Are Classes? * Class Struggles * The State * Utopian and Scientific Socialism * Socialism
The Radical Philosophy Association
Persons and Power
In My Father’s House
Radical Philosophy
Beyond Separateness
Some Final Thoughts
Proud to Be a Man
Living With Evil
An introduction to social and political philosophy
Taking Socialism Seriously
Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism. Various chapters discuss suitable forms of love and family in a socialist society and economic arrangements within a socialist system. They al…
Taking Socialism Seriously
Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism. Various chapters discuss suitable forms of love and family in a socialist society and economic arrangements within a socialist system. They al…
"Comment on Charles Mills, "Occupy Liberalism
Socialist Solidarity
The theme is socialist solidarity. Schmitt notes that efforts towards solidarity fail because we do not know how to put our ideals in practice. The example is taken from the early kibbutzim. The founders were clear about their socialist principles but did not know how to put those in practice in such simple situations as the distribution of clothing. Schmitt concludes from that example that efforts to build socialist solidarity are often impeded …
Taking socialism seriously
When the Day Comes, Will We Be Able to Construct a Socialist Democracy
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