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Review

Author(s): Helmut Kuhn


Review by: Helmut Kuhn
Source: Philosophische Rundschau, Vol. 17, No. 3/4 (1970), pp. 297-298
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Buchnotizen

297

Alle dieseErzeugnissevon CondillacsDenken" hat Isabel F. Knight


gesammelt.In ihremEpilog betontsie nocheinmaldereneinen
sorgfltig
Ursprung: He (Condillac) loved the fact that the world is full of
systems"- man, animals,the planets,the principlesof mechanics,the
fine arts" (297). Ihre Studie berfhrtdiese Liebe aber genau dessen,
was sie frimmerausschlieenwollte: der Phantasie.
TiloSchabert(Mnchen)

BUCHNOTIZEN

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Ritter
undPolitik. tischenProblematik
, Metaphysik
liegt. Deutlicher
Studienzu Aristoteles
und Hegel. nochals in denBeitrgen
zurAristotelam Main1969.Suhrkamp.Interpretation
Frankfurt
kommt
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indenEssaysberHegelzumVorschein,
556S.
besonders
in der bekannten
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Schuleistgekennzeich-scheRevolution"
(185-255).Hier vervon suchtR. nachzuweisen,
netdurchdiefruchtbare
da frHegel
Spannung
zweivorherrschenden
Da ist diemoderne
Tendenzen.
zu
Gesellschaft
brgerliche
aufdereinenSeitedasUberwiegen
eines demallesbestimmenden
wurProblem"
vonDiltheys
Geisteswissenschaft
ererb- de (225).Aufdiesem
erzu
Weggelangt
tenhistorischen
dasmitHilfe einem
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Interesses,
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bei Aristoteles
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Tendengespannten
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Band verTheoria". Die in demvorliegenden
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Interesse
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in dergesellschaftlich-poliihnen durch ihre Zusammenfassung
Schwerpunkt

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298

Buchnotizen

eineneueChancegegeben
reasonthatfreedom
ofwillis
wird,istaufs practical
a precondition
wrmste
zubegren.
oflegalaccountability.
It is to be observed
thatinsofaras
law is concerned,
Kuhn(Mnchen) positive
thereis no
Helmut
needto makelegal accountability
deon anyassumptions
pendent
concerning
themental
condition
oftheperpetrator.
It is wholly
a matter
ofpositive
lawto
determine
whatfactsor factorsmake
Die Straf
JuliusEbbinghaus:
ung fr aninstance
ofconduct
a criminal
offence
nachPrinzilotungeinesMenschen
to a personand thisperson
imputable
derFreipieneinerRechtsphilosophie
oflaw as
punishable.
Onlyas a matter
heit (1968) in Kantstudien,
Ergn- it oughttobe theperpetrator's
freedom
Bonn
Bou94.
No.
1968.
H.
zungsheft
ofwill(initspopular
senseorin Kant's
vieru. Co. Verlag.Pp. 104.
sense)canbe arguedtobe
sophisticated
a precondition
oflegalaccountability.
for
This bookis of greatinterest
I doubtwhether
eventhis
However,
and for
criminal
lawyers,
penologists,
is tenable.Legal imputation
argument
concerned
with
reader
thegeneral
prob- of a crimeto a personand his legal
lems of violentformsof antisocial
as jusmaybe considered
a concise
behaviour.
It offers
buthighly punishment
tified
froman extra-legal
ofview
point
con- evenwhenfreedom
informative
surveyof historical
of willis notposforhomicide tulated.Both
ofthepunishment
ception
beneficial
demay
prove
andilluminating
dis- vicesfor
anda penetrating
thefuture
course
determining
ofthispunish- of actionof an evildoer
cussion
ofvarious
aspects
or a potential
ofthebook evildoerin the direction
ment.Someofthesections
of ethically
under
thelastmentioned
falling
heading desirable
ends.
ofhighly
include
discussion
topicalprob- At pp. 95ff.the authoraddresses
lemssuchas euthanasia
and political himself
to an intriguing
issueraisedby
assassination.
GustavRadbruch,
to whom
according
which
book
from
the
value
the
Apart
even
criminal
the
himself
interested
is
withpractical
has forthoseconcerned
whichcriminal
law
forhomicide, in thepunishment
aspectsofthepunishment
attaches
to
his
he
because
would
deed,
interitis ofconsiderable
jurisprudential
fromthe protection
of lifeor
to consider
somethoughts benefit
est.I propose
by thislaw.Thusa
in it from
ofa property
provided
contained
thestandpoint
thiefwanting
toretain
thearticle
stolen
legalphilosopher.
him
the
of
the
of
the
by
requires
protection
properDiscussing justification putheauthorcon- ty undercriminallaw and a forger
nishment
forhomicide
thepublicconfidence
inauthentendsthat "only if man has inner requires
whichconfidence
freedom
to act according
to normsof ticityof documents
law fosters.
The authorchalactionas laid downby the political criminal
to him lengesthis conception
by contending
power,theact can be imputed
of thecriminal
in his
legallyand he can hencebe legally thattheinterest
is a self-contradictory
He proceeds
to saythat"on ownpunishment
punished".
his chalthebasisofthisthesis,
thefundamentalinterest
(p.96). To reinforce
of criminal lengehe quotesapprovingly
of thephilosophy
Kant,who
problem
a
in pos- saysthat"a persondoesnot suffer
law is whether
manis actually
becausehe has wantedit
sessionof thatinnerfreedom"
(p.89). punishment
a punishable
fromtheassump- butbecausehe haswanted
Thisthesisproceeds
whena
of act; forit is no punishment
tionderived
fromKansphilosophy

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