Brian Barry

Brian Barry
Barry in the 1980s
Born	(1936-08-07)7 August 1936
Died	10 March 2009(2009-03-10) (aged 72)
Occupation(s)	Moral and political philosopher
Academic background
Alma mater	The Queen's College, Oxford
Thesis	The language of political argument (1963)
Doctoral advisor	H. L. A. Hart
Academic work
Institutions	London School of Economics and Political Science

Brian Barry, FBA (7 August 1936 – 10 March 2009) was a moral and political philosopher. He was educated at the Queen's College, Oxford, obtaining the degrees of B.A. and D.Phil. under the direction of H. L. A. Hart.

Along with David Braybrooke, Richard E. Flathman, Felix Oppenheim, and Abraham Kaplan, he is widely credited with having fused analytic philosophy and political science.^{[citation needed]} Barry also fused political theory and social choice theory and was a persistent critic of public choice theory.