Department of Mathematics and Philosophy

Brian Powell

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.