Chin Liew Ten , also known as C. L. Ten, is Emeritus Professor of

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

and former Head of the Philosophy Department at the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

. Before that, he was Professor of Philosophy (Personal Chair) and Acting Head of the School of Philosophy, Linguistics, and Bioethics at

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

, Australia.

Biography

He was born in

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, and is a graduate of the former

University of Malaya The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ...

(now

) in

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and of the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. In 1967 he was a Recognized Student in Oxford University under the supervision of H. L. A. Hart. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1989, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 2000. He has published on legal and political philosophy with an emphasis on issues of liberty and toleration, and especially on

John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, Member of Parliament (MP) and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to ...

. He is on the editorial boards of several journals, including ''Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Utilitas, Journal of Political Philosophy, Bioethics'' and the ''Journal of Moral Philosophy''.

Works

*''Mill on Liberty'' (Clarendon Press: Oxford 1980) *''Crime, Guilt, and Punishment'' (Clarendon Press: Oxford 1987) *''The Nineteenth Century'' (editor) (Routledge: London 1994) *''Mill's Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy'' (Ashgate: Aldershot 1999) *''Was Mill a Liberal?'' (Marshall Cavendish: Singapore 2004) *''Theories of Rights'' (Ashgate: Aldershot 2006).

External links

Official university webpage

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chin, Liew Ten Alumni of the London School of Economics Living people Academic staff of the National University of Singapore Malaysian people of Hakka descent Singaporean people of Hakka descent Malaysian emigrants to Singapore Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Year of birth missing (living people)