Richard Brandt
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Richard Booker Brandt (17 October 1910 – 10 September 1997)[1] was an American philosopher working in the utilitarian tradition in moral philosophy.
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Richard B. Brandt | |
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Born | (1910-10-17)17 October 1910 |
Died | (1997-09-10)10 September 1997 (aged 86) |
Alma mater | Denison University Cambridge University Yale University |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic Ethical subjectivism |
Institutions | University of Michigan |
Doctoral students | Anita L. Allen |
Main interests | Moral philosophy |
Notable ideas | Rule utilitarianism, cognitive psychotherapy, ideal observer theory, ethical subjectivism |
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