# Richard Dagger

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'''Richard Dagger''' is an [America](/source/America)n 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](/source/University_of_Richmond). He is known for his works on [political theory](/source/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](/source/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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