Richard J. Norman is a British academic,

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humanism" ha ...

. He is currently

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Professor of

Moral Philosophy Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches include normative ethics, applied et ...

at the

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, and a patron of

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Life

Norman formerly taught philosophy at the University of Kent, where his areas of interest were mainly

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and

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

, including both theoretical and practical

ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...

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Works

His published works include: * ''The Moral Philosophers'' (1983) * ''Free and Equal'' (1987) * ''Ethics, Killing and War'' (1995) * ''On Humanism'' (2004, 2012) * ''Religion and Atheism'' (2017, Editor)

References

External links

''Beyond belief'': article by Richard Norman
in the '' New Humanist'', November 2009
''Can There be a Just War?''
article first published in ''Think'' magazine Living people British humanists 20th-century British philosophers 21st-century British philosophers Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-philosopher-stub