{{short description|American philosopher}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era= 21st-century philosophy |color = |image = |name = Richard Dagger |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |school_tradition = | institutions = University of Richmond |main_interests = | thesis_title = | thesis_url= | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors= | doctoral_students = |notable_ideas= |parents = | spouse= | education = University of Minnesota (PhD), University of Missouri-St. Louis (BA) | alma_mater= |influences = |influenced = |awards = Spitz Prize |website = }}
'''Richard Dagger''' is an American political philosopher who is E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts, emeritus and Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law (PPEL) at the University of Richmond. He is known for his works on political theory.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Oberdiek |first1=Hans |title=Review of Republicanism and Political Theory |journal=NDPR |date=7 June 2008 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/republicanism-and-political-theory/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Audard |first1=Catherine |title=Review of A Companion to Rawls |journal=NDPR |date=23 July 2015 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/a-companion-to-rawls/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weithman |first1=Paul |title=Review of Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism: New Essays |journal=NDPR |date=12 September 2005 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/autonomy-and-the-challenges-to-liberalism-new-essays/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}</ref> Dagger is a winner of the David and Elaine Spitz Prize for his book ''Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spitz Prize Past Winners |url=https://www.icspt.org/past-winners |website=icspt |language=en}}</ref>
==Books== * ''Playing Fair: Political Obligation and the Problems of Punishment'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018 (Oxford Studies in Penal Theory and Philosophy) * ''Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, with Terence Ball'' (Pearson, 2011, 8th ed.) * ''Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism'' (Oxford University Press, 1997)
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==External links== *{{cite web |title=Richard Dagger |url=https://polisci.richmond.edu/faculty/rdagger/|website=University of Richmond |language=en}}
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