RICHARD MERVYN HARE (1919–2002) a urmat cursuri de filozofie la Balliol College (Oxford), intrerupte de razboi (a luptat in Orientul Indepartat). A fost profesor de filozofie morala la Oxford (1947–1983), apoi la University of Florida (pana in 1994). In lucrarile The Language of Morals (1952), Freedom and Reason (1963), Moral Thinking: Its Levels, Method, and Point (1981) si Sorting out Ethics (1997) a dezvoltat teoria cunoscuta ca universal prescriptivism referitoare la judecatile morale. Web: petersingerlinks.com/Hare/