Department of Mathematics and Philosophy
Brian Powell, Professor of Philosophy
Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia (2005)
M.A., University of Virginia
B.A. Westminster College
Contact Information
Office: Morgan Hall 447
Phone:
(309) 298-2833
Email:
BK-Powell2@wiu.edu
Courses Taught
- Phil 120: Contemporary Moral Problems
- Phil 205: Philosophy, Law, and Society
- Phil 325: Existentialism
- Phil 330: Moral Philosophy
- Phil 400: Social & Political Philosophy
- Phil 420: Philosophy of Law
Research Interests
Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Selected Publications
- Powell, B. (2016). Killing, letting die, and the death penalty. International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 337-346.
- Powell, B. (2016). Kierkegaard on the eternal validity of the self. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 305-314.
- Powell, B. (2012). Two libertarian arguments for basic income proposals. Basic Income Studies: An International Journal of Basic Income Research.
- Powell, B. (2009). Discourse ethics and moral rationalism. Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, 48, 373-386.
- Powell, B. (2006). Rawls, democracy, and ideology. Auslegung, Vol. 28 No. 2.
- Powell, B. (2006). Kant and Kantians on 'the normative questions'. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 9, 535-544.
- Powell, B. (2005). Revisitng Nagel on altruism. Philosophical Pappers, 235-259.
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