Ted Honderich
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Ted Honderich (born 1933) is Emeritus Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London. He is a Canadian-born British academic philosopher, of Mennonite origin, who moved to London in 1959 to work with Alfred Ayer. His brother was the late publisher Beland Honderich.
In 1972 he became Reader in Philosophy at University College London, and was Grote Professor from 1988 until his retirement in 1998. He was previously a lecturer there, and has also lectured at the University of Sussex, as well as holding visiting lectureships at Yale University and the City University of New York.
Books
He is the author of Punishment: The Supposed Justifications (1969), Violence for Equality: Inquiries in Political Philosophy (1980) as well as Conservatism (2005), (1991) , and has edited a number of philosophy books, including Essays on Freedom of Action (1973), Social Ends and Political Means (1976) and Philosophy Through Its Past (1984). He has written some notable works concerning free will and the philosophy of mind including: A Theory of Determinism: The Mind, Neuroscience, and Life-Hopes (1990), subsequently republished as the two paperbacks Brain and Mind and The Consequences of Determinism, and his popular How Free Are You? The Determinism Problem (2002), (1993).
Controversy
Honderich has been involved in controversy since the publication of his book After the Terror in 2002 in which he asks why the events of September 11th were wrong and what terrorism tells us about ourselves and our obligations, and defends a morality of humanity that requires us to think about our lives, and to act up against our democratic governments. The charitable organization Oxfam refused to accept a donation of £5,000 accrued in royalties from sales of the book.
Selected publications
- [On Being Persona Non Grata to Palestinians, Too], CounterPunch, February 19/20, 2005.
- After the terror. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. ISBN 0773527346. Revised and expanded edition.
- How free are you? the determinism problem. 2nd ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0199251975.
- Philosopher : a kind of life. London : Routledge, 2001. ISBN 0415236975.
External links
Articles
- Alexander Cockburn, [World-Famous Philosopher Honderich Hit with "Anti-Semite" Slur in Germany; Habermas and Suhrkamp Cut and Run], CounterPunch, August 13, 2003.
- Paul de Rooij, [Ted Honderich: A Philosopher in the Trenches], CounterPunch, December 4, 2002.
- Paul de Rooij, [Why Ted Honderich is Wrong on All Counts], CounterPunch, February 28, 2005. (replies to Honderich's Feb. 19, 2005 article).
- Richard Wolin, [Are Suicide Bombings Morally Defensible?] The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 24, 2003.
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