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Thomas Mautner

Australian National University
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  • Australian National University
    School of Philosophy
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University of Gothenburg
Department of Philosophy, Linguistics, Theory of Science
PhD, 1964
Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Areas of Interest
Meta-Ethics
Philosophy of Law
Social and Political Philosophy
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
19th Century Philosophy
20th Century Philosophy
17th/18th Century Philosophy
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  •  7
    Samuel Pufendorf discepolo di Hobbes
    Philosophical Books 37 (3): 171-174. 2009.
  •  8
    From Theonomy to Autonomy (review)
    Philosophical Books 40 (3): 159-169. 2002.
    Book reviewed in this article: J.B. Schneewind, The Invention of Autonomy: A History of Modern Moral Philosophy.
  •  9
    John Locke's Moral Philosophy
    Philosophical Books 25 (2): 94-97. 2009.
  •  10
    Adam Smith Reviewed
    Philosophical Books 34 (4): 229-231. 2009.
  •  504
    Book reviews (review)
    with George R. Carlson, V. Vuckovic, John Heil, Rex Martin, Colin McGinn, Gerhard D. Wassermann, R. T. Green, and Barbara Von Eckardt
    Philosophia 11 (3-4): 553-560. 1982.
    Personal Identity, Misc
  •  11
    Vägledning till Hägerströmstudiet
    Kungliga Humanistiska Veteneskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala. 1994.
    The work, (125 pp.), is a guide to the study of Hägerström's writings. It contains inter alia a list of the manuscripts of his which are held in the Uppsala University Library, a list of typescript copies posthumously produced of many of these, a list of lectures, seminars, talks and letters Also included is a bibliography of his publications. A few emendations and additions have been entered in the copy of this guide which is held in Speialläsesalen in the Uppsala University Library.
    20th Century Analytic Philosophy
  •  44
    Book Reviews (review)
    Philosophical Quarterly 22 (87): 179-180. 1972.
    The Nature of Law and Legal Systems
  •  26
    Book reviews (review)
    with George R. Carlson, V. Vuckovic, John Heil, Rex Martin, Colin McGinn, Gerhard D. Wassermann, R. T. Green, and Barbara Von Eckardt
    Philosophia 11 (3-4): 361-428. 1982.
  •  1
    Robert Goodin: "Protecting the Vulnerable: a reanalysis of our social responsibilities" (review)
    Journal of Applied Philosophy 5 (1): 114. 1988.
    Applied EthicsApplied Ethics, Miscellaneous
  •  98
    Not a likely story
    British Journal for the History of Philosophy 11 (2). 2003.
    This Article does not have an abstract
    17th/18th Century Philosophy, Misc
  • Heideggers tackoffer
    Filosofisk Tidskrift 27 (4): 3-7. 2006.
    A discussion of Heidegger's view that it may be dulce et decorum gratefully to sacrifice one's life for the sake of Being. (A longer version is published in in Philosophia 2010.)
  • Darwall, S.-The British Moralists and the Internal'Ought': 1640 1740
    Philosophical Books 38 102-103. 1997.
    British Philosophy
  •  98
    War and peace
    British Journal for the History of Philosophy 15 (2). 2007.
    This Article does not have an abstract
    17th/18th Century Philosophy, MiscPeace
  •  59
    Review of: Samuel Pufendorf discepolo di Hobbes (review)
    Philosophical Books 37 (3): 171-174. 1996.
    Samuel Pufendorf
  • PALLADINI, F.-La Biblioteca di Samuel Pufendorf
    Philosophical Books 42 (1): 58-58. 2001.
  • LASZLO, Ervin and WILBUR, James B. : Human Values and Natural Science (review)
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 49 (n/a): 322. 1971.
  •  47
    Reviews (review)
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 43 (2): 232-271. 1965.
    The book reviewed is contains Hägerström's account of his own philosophical outlook and some of his writings on religion, translated into English by Robert T. Sandin, together with a biographical sketch by C.D. Broad.
  • BAMBROUGH, R., "Moral Scepticism and Moral Knowledge" (review)
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 59 (n/a): 356. 1981.
  • TRETHOWAN, Illtyd: Absolute Value (review)
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 50 (n/a): 196. 1972.
  • ROSSVAER, V., "Kant's Moral Theory" (review)
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 59 (n/a): 258. 1981.
    Kant: Ethics
  •  103
    Natural law and natural rights
    In Peter R. Anstey (ed.), The Oxford handbook of British philosophy in the seventeenth century, Oxford University Press. pp. 472. 2013.
    This chapter, which analyzes the conception of natural laws and natural rights in Great Britain during the seventeenth century, suggests that the widely held belief that rights depend for their existence on being granted by law is not true, and that the opposite is arguably closer to the truth. It also explores the writings on politics and religion during this period that mentioned natural laws and rights.
    Miscellaneous Rights
  • HOCHSTRASSER, TJ-Natural Law Theories in the Early Enlightenment
    Philosophical Books 44 (3): 267-268. 2003.
  •  126
    Flaws in laws
    Philosophical Review 82 (1): 83-98. 1973.
    Statements to the effect that a certain law exists are generally considered to be statements of certain contingent, empirical facts. We will discuss a particular view of this kind-namely, legal positivism'-as presented by G.H. von Wright in Norm and Action.2 Statements to the effect that a certain law exists are also generally considered to obey the laws of deontic logic. This is also von Wright's view. The combination of these two views creates problems. These become particularly conspic…Read more
    Statements to the effect that a certain law exists are generally considered to be statements of certain contingent, empirical facts. We will discuss a particular view of this kind-namely, legal positivism'-as presented by G.H. von Wright in Norm and Action.2 Statements to the effect that a certain law exists are also generally considered to obey the laws of deontic logic. This is also von Wright's view. The combination of these two views creates problems. These become particularly conspicuous with regard to a possible defect in laws-namely, inconsistency.3 They will be discussed in Sections 2-2i of this essay. With regard to certain logical or moral defects in laws, philosophers tend to claim, as truths a priori, that laws cannot have them. With regard to some other defects (for example, excessive complexity) no similar tendency is evident. A discussion of this difference is contained in Sections 22-25 of this essay.
    Social and Political PhilosophyThe Nature of Law and Legal Systems
  •  148
    The Two Levels in Natural Law Thinking
    with Karl Olivecrona
    Jurisprudence 1 (2): 197-224. 2010.
    Central parts of the natural law theories of Grotius and Pufendorf assume that persons by nature have individual realms of their own, violations of which constitute a wrong. This is the basis for their accounts of promises, ownership and reactions against wrongs. These accounts are significantly independent of any assumption that a superior being imposes obligations: rather, the individuals themselves create obligations by their own acts of will. The translator's introducton draws attention to t…Read more
    Central parts of the natural law theories of Grotius and Pufendorf assume that persons by nature have individual realms of their own, violations of which constitute a wrong. This is the basis for their accounts of promises, ownership and reactions against wrongs. These accounts are significantly independent of any assumption that a superior being imposes obligations: rather, the individuals themselves create obligations by their own acts of will. The translator's introducton draws attention to the author's relation to Hägerström, and remarks briefly on related points in Ames, Köhler and Georges Davy
    Philosophy of LawPromisesSamuel PufendorfHugo GrotiusThe Nature of Law and Legal Systems
  •  38
    Dictionary of Philosophy (edited book)
    Wiley-Blackwell. 1996.
    This dictionary is the ideal one volume philosophy reference source for general readers, students, and academics. It covers all the key concepts, doctrines and schools of thought from both the Anglo-American and Continental philosophical traditions. A unique feature is the powerful series of philosophical self-portraits by leading figures, including Sir Isaiah Berlin, Alasdair MacIntyre, W. V. O. Quine, Richard Rorty and John Searle.
    European PhilosophyBritish Philosophy
  • Samuel Pufendorf: Eris Scandica und andere polemische Schriften uber das Naturrecht
    British Journal for the History of Philosophy 12 (3): 540-543. 2004.
    17th/18th Century Political PhilosophyHistory of Political Philosophy
  •  81
    Rights
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 86 (4). 2008.
    RightsRights and Values
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    Locke's Own
    Locke Studies 25. 1994.
    Locke: Property
  •  152
    How Rights Became “Subjective”
    Ratio Juris 26 (1): 111-132. 2013.
    What is commonly called a right has since about 1980 increasingly come to be called a subjective right. In this paper the origin and rise of this solecism is investigated. Its use can result in a lack of clarity and even confusion. Some aspects of rights-concepts and their history are also discussed. A brief postscript introduces Leibniz's Razor
    Philosophy of LawInternational Law
  • BROWN, Stuart C.: Do Religious Claims Make Sense? (review)
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 49 (n/a): 231. 1971.
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