Thomas Auxter, Ph.D.

Areas of Specialization

• Modern Philosophy
• Ethics

Curriculum Vitae

• CV 2019

Dr. Auxter is Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and former president of the United Faculty of Florida.

Books

Kant's Moral Teleology. Mercer University Press, 1982.

Selected Papers

"Organizing Faculty Unions in a Right-to-Work Environment," Journal of Collective Margaining in the Academy 8 (2016), Article 8. , opens in a new window
"Collective Bargaining and Labor Representation for Higher Education in a 'Right to Work' Environment," National Center Proceedings 2016, Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy.
"Performance Funding for Higher Education: The Hidden Costs and Consequences," Thought and Action: The NEA Higher Education Journal(Summer 2015), 153-61.
"Radical Transformations in Higher Education: Where Do We Go From Here?" Thought and Action: The NEA Higher Education Journal (2010), 59-69.
"A New Progressive Era in Higher Education," Thought and Action: The NEA Higher Education Journal, introduction to the "Special Focus" of the 2009 issue, 83.
"Higher Education and the National Security State," Thought and Action: The NEA Higher Education Journal, introduction to the "Special Focus" of the 2005 issue, 91-2.
"The Right Not to be Eaten," Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer, edited by Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess, (Albany: State University of New York, 1999), 177-87. (reprint)
"The World of Retribution," Autonomy and Community: Readings in Contemporary Kantian Social Philosophy, edited by Jane Kneller and Sidney Axinn, (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998), 191-211.
"Kant's Logic", a review of the Hartman and Schwarz translation of and commentary on Kant's Logic, Journal of the History of Philosophy, April 1977.
"Justice for Farmworkers," Moral Controversies, edited by Stephen Jay Gold (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1993), 448-57. (reprint)
"Debate sobre el imperialismo cultural," Filosofar a la Altura del Hombre, edited by Leopoldo Zea (Mexico City, Cuadernos de Cuadernos, 1993), 159-65. (Reprint; articles selected from Cuadernos )
"From Cultural Imperialism to Cultural Pluralism," International Journal of the Humanities, April 1993, 77-86.
"Thought Control from the Right," Fascism(s): Proceedings of the Conference on Fascism(s), edited by Allen Carey-Webb and Monika Fischer, (Eugene, OR: University of Oregon, 1992), 1-26.
"Kant's Theory of Retribution," Akten des Siebenten Internationalen Kant Kongresses. Kufürstliches Schloss zu Mainz, 1990, hrsg. von G. Funke (Bonn: Bouvier, 1991), 44-52.
"Toward Multicultural Philosophy," Teaching Philosophy, June 1991, 189-99.
"The Value of Academic Freedom," Thinking About Education, ed. Erskine Dottin (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990), 1-26.
"Beyond the Culture of Immediacy," Philosophie et Culture: Actes du XVII Congres Mondial de Philosophie, Vol 2 (Montreal: Editions Montmorency, 1988), 677-81.
"The Bottom Line for the University-as-Corporation," Thought and Action: The NEA Higher Education Journal, Spring 1988, 113-16.
"Justice for Farm Workers," Poverty, Justice, and the Law: New Essays on Needs, Rights, and Obligations, edited by George Lucas, Jr. (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986) 149-63. (reprint)
"The Meaning of Cost-Effective Education," Foundations of Education, edited by Erskine S. Dottin, (Lexington, Mass: Ginn and Company, 1985), 148-152.
"Poetry and Self-Knowledge in Rural Life," Agriculture and Human Values, Spring 1985, 15-27.
"A Tale of Three Campuses," Thought and Action: The NEA Higher Education Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1984, 137-49.
"Kant's Conception of the Private Sphere," Philosophical Forum, Summer 1982.
"Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Tax Equity," Sharing the Burden of Government: Proceedings of the Conference on Tax Equity, edited by John Cooke and Edward Ford, (Tampa: University of South Florida, 1980).
"The Unimportance of Kant's Highest Good," Journal of the History of Philosophy, April 1979, 121-34.
"The Teleology of Kant's Ectypal World," Les Actes du Congres d'Ottawa sur Kant, (Ottawa: Editiones de l'Universite d'Ottawa , 1976), 513-19.

Reports

"University Faculty Productivity: Issues, Choices, and Policy Recommendations," Faculty Productivity Issues in the State Universities, Council for Education Policy, Research and Improvement, July 2002, Appendix B 1-4.
"The Meaning of Cost-Effective Higher Education," American Federation of Teachers, Report of the Advisory Commission of Higher Education, No. 5, Summer 1979, 1-12.

Faculty Representation

President, United Faculty of Florida, 2001-15
First Vice President, United Faculty of Florida University of Florida, 2008-14
President, United Faculty of Florida, University of Florida 1978-80, 1983-85, 1998-2001
Vice President for the State University System, United Faculty of Florida, 1990-91, 1993-97
First Vice President, United Faculty of Florida, 1991-93