Freedom to Live: The Robert Hartman Story (Value Inquiry Book, Vol 7) - Softcover

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9789051836103: Freedom to Live: The Robert Hartman Story (Value Inquiry Book, Vol 7)

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ISBN 10: 9051836104 ISBN 13: 9789051836103

Publisher: Editions Rodopi, 1994

This book is both a personal and a philosophical autobiography of Robert S. Hartman, the creator of formal axiology. After experiencing first-hand the horrible effects of World War I and the beginnings of Nazism in Germany, Hartman wondered what could be done to organize goodness instead of badness - for a change. First, the concept of "good" must be defined. Next, different kinds of goodness, like intrinsic, extrinsic, and systemic, must be differentiated. Then this understanding must be used to comprehend and to change the world, including its economic, political, military, religious, educational, intellectual, and psychological dimensions. By telling his own story, Hartman gives his readers a glimpse of the form of the good and of a much better world.

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