Salvino Busuttil (1936 - May 12, 2016) was a Maltese

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, ambassador to France, and philosopher. In philosophy he specialised in

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and

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Life

Busuttil was born at

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, in 1936. He studied philosophy at the

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from which he acquired a licentiate in 1959. He acquired a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Angelicum University in

in 1961 with a dissertation entitled ''Value in Karl Marx ''. In 1963 he earned a Doctorate in Economy from the

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. After returning to Malta Busuttil was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of

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at the

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in 1964, an office he held up till 1975. Two years later, in 1966, he was chosen as Head of the

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until 1972. From 1987 till 1996 Busuttil was General Director of the Foundation of International Studies at the

. Both on a local as well as on an international level he occupied various positions of responsibility related to the

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and the

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, especially with

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Works

Busuttil published various works. Some of them, like those dealing with purely economic matters, are not of direct interest to philosophy. Others, however, contain significant philosophical value. Amongst these one can find the following: * 1963 - ''Value in Marx''. * 1969 - ''Philosophical and Economical Foundations of the Marxian Theory of Value''. * 1990 – A Note on Economic Responsibility Towards Future Generations (in ''Our Responsibilities Towards Future Generations''). * 1994 – Protecting Our Common Future (in ''What Future for Future Generations?''). * 1994 – Foreword (in ''The Search for Peace in the Mediterranean Region''). * 1994 – The Role of Universities in the Quest for Peace in the Mediterranean (in ''The Search for Peace in the Mediterranean Region''). * 1998 – Preface (in ''Future Generations and International Law''). Busuttil coedited a number of book of philosophical interest, namely: * 1990 - ''Our Responsibilities Towards Future Generations'' (with

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, and Tony Macelli). * 1991 - ''Directions in the Study of Peace Education'' (with James Calleja, and

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). * 1994 - ''What Future for Future Generations?'' (with

). * 1996 - ''Interfaces'' (with

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). * 1998 - ''Future Generations & International Law'' (with

). * 1998 - ''Germ-Line Intervention and our Responsibilities to Future Generations'' (with

Life

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