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VITAE, REM B. EDWARDS

Lindsay Young Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

PRESENT ADDRESS

8709 Longmeade Drive, Knoxville, TN 37923

Home Phone: 865-693-3635.

ACADEMIC RECORD

A. B. with Philosophy major, Emory University, 1956. (Emory at Oxford–1952-54)

B. D., Yale University, 1959. (About a year’s work for this degree was done in the graduate school of Philosophy at Yale).

Ph.D., Emory University in Philosophy, 1962. (Dissertation topic–Freedom, Responsibility and Obligation. Director–Professor Leroy E. Loemker.)

STUDENT HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Eta Sigma Psi (Honorary Leadership Society)

Alpha Epsilon Upsilon (Honorary Scholastic Society)

Phi Beta Kappa

National Methodist Scholarship, 1953-54.

Danforth Graduate Fellowship, 1956-62.

TEACHING POSITIONS

I taught one course as a Teaching Assistant at Emory University in the Fall of 1961. From 1962 to 1966 I was Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida. From 1966 to 1970 I was Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Beginning in 1970 I was Professor of Philosophy (now Emeritus) at the University of Tennessee. I retired at the end of May, 1997, but then did a year of “Post-retirement Service” to the University, teaching half time and doing research half time.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Ethics, Metaethics, Medical Ethics–including Psychiatry and Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Episte­mology, American Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Process Philosophy, Ethics and Animals, and Axiology.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES

American Philosophical Association, 1962 until today

Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (Program Chairman in 1973; Council Member,

1980-83; President Elect, 1983-84; President, 1984-85; Past President, 1985-86; Chairman of Griffith Awards Committee in Philosophy, 1985-86, 1986-87)

Tennessee Philosophical Association (President, 1973-74)

American Society for Value Inquiry (Founding sponsor and member)

Society for Philosophy of Religion (Council, 1977-1980; Vice President and  Program Chairman, 1980-81; President, 1981-82; Council, 1982-83)

Robert S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology (Charter Member, 1967, Board of Directors from 1987 to present; Chairman of Committee on Research 1987-89; Secretary-Treasurer 1989 to 2004; Program Chairman 1992-1998, Contact Secretary, 2010 to the present, Emeritus Board Member, 2010 to the present, Editor of the Institute’s Journal of Formal Axiology from its beginning in 2008 to 2018; Co-editor thereafter.

The Associates for Philosophy of Religion (Secretary-Treasurer, 1982–1997)

RESEARCH GRANTS

Attended Summer Institute for Teachers of Philosophy on “Ethics and the Philosophy of Mind” at the University of Colorado in Boulder for six weeks during the summer of 1966, sponsored and paid by the Council for Philosophical Studies.

Summer research grant from The University of Tennessee in 1967 to revise dissertation, which was published in 1969 by Martinus Nijhoff.

Summer research grant from The University of Tennessee in 1971 to work on applications of the Hartman Value System.

Summer grant from the Institute for Human Values in Medicine in 1977 to develop a Clinical Residency in Ethical Issues in Mental Health Care at Lakeshore Mental Health Institute.

Faculty Development Grant for Fall Quarter of 1979 under departmental N.E.H. grant in Medical Ethics. Released full time to start editing and writing an anthology on ethical and legal issues in mental health care, which was published in 1982 by Prometheus Books.

Summer grant from The University of Tennessee in 1983 to begin work on a book on “A Utilitarian Theory of Medical Ethics” (Articles were later published from this research.)

Faculty Development Grant from The University of Tennessee for released time during the Fall Semester of 1992 to work on What Caused the Big Bang? Book later published.

Faculty Supplemental Research Award from The University of Tennessee for laser printer, Spring 1993.

Faculty Research Semester from the Department of Philosophy at The University of Tennessee for released time during the Spring semester of 1995 to complete the book, Formal Axiology and Its Critics. It was published by Editions Rodopi, Atlanta - Amsterdam, in late 1995.

FACULTY AWARDS AND HONORS

Danforth Associate, 1964-66.

Chancellor’s Research Scholar, The University of Tennessee, 1985.

Distinguished Emory-at-Oxford Alummus, 1987.

Lindsay Young Professor of Humanities, The University of Tennessee, 1987-98.

Marshal for the College of Arts and Sciences at the December 1996 graduation ceremony at U.T.

David and Kathryn White Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, May 1997.

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS AND ADDRESSES

         1. “Freedom Without a Substantive Self,” Florida Philosophical Association, Winter Park, Florida, October, 1963.

         2. “Freedom and Responsibility,” Florida Philosophical Association, St. Petersburg, Florida, October, 1964.

         3. “Freedom, Self, and Responsibility,” an invited paper presented at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Spring, 1965.

         4. “An Emotivist Analysis of the Ontological Argument,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1965.

         5. “On Being Rational About Norms,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Roanoke, Virginia, March, 1967.

         6. “The Relation of Philosophy and Theology,” invited address given at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia to a conference honoring Dr. Leroy Loemker upon his retirement, 1968.

         7. “Hartman’s Theory of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value and Valuation,” invited address presented to the American Society for Value Inquiry Inter­disciplinary Value Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, March, 1975.

         8. “Is the Human Self an Actual Entity, or a Society of Actual Occasions?” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1975.

         9. “A Critique of Quantitative Hedonism,” Tennessee Philosophical Associa­tion, Nashville, Tennessee, November, 1976.

         10. “Rationalism and Religious Belief,” an invited address presented at Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, March, 1977.

         11. “The American Enlightenment Assault on Revelation,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Nashville, Tennessee, April, 1977.

           12. “Is It Murder in Tennessee to Kill a Chimpanzee?” Co-presented with Frank Marsh to Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Orlando, Florida, March, 1978.

         13. “Pain and the Ethics of Pain Management,” invited address presented to Conference on Pain at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, March 21, 1980.

         14. “Mental Health as Rational Autonomy,” presented to Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Birmingham, Alabama, April, 1980.

         15. “Mental Health as Rational Autonomy,” presented to the Medical Staff of Lakeshore Mental Health Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee, in July, 1980 for continuing medical education credit.

         16. “Pain and the Ethics of Pain Management,” presented for Ethics Grand Rounds at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Knoxville, TN, January, 1981.

         17. “Some Moral and Religious Elements of an American Way of Life,” Presidential Address presented to The Society for Philosophy of Religion in Savannah, Georgia, February, 1981.

         18. “Some Moral and Religious Elements of an American Way of Life,” an invited Fairchild Lecture in Religion presented at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, March, 1983.

         19. “J. S. Mill and Robert Veatch’s Critique of Utilitarianism,” Presiden­tial Address given to the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 1985.

         20. “Confidentiality in Veterinary Medicine,” an Ethics Grand Rounds presentation at the College of Veterinary Medicine of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, April, 1986.

         21. “Abortion: What Are the Options,” an invited public address given at Berry College, Rome, Georgia, May 5, 1987.

         22. “Pain Management and the Values of Health Care Professionals,” an invited address presented at a conference on “Drug Treatment and Cancer Pain” at M. D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, TX, March 16, 1988.

         23. “Pain Management and the Values of Health Care Professionals,” a public lecture presented at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, June, 1988.

         24. “Philosophy’s Iatrogenic Diseases,” presented at a conference on “Prospects for Natural Theology” at the University of South Carolina, Oct. 1988.

         25. “Universals, Individuals, and Intrinsic Goods,” Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology,” Knoxville, TN, Sept. l, 1989.

         26. “Systemic Value and Valuation,” Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 25, 1990.

         27. “God and Process,” Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, March 1991.

         28. “Conscience and Dimensions of Self,” Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 11, 1991.

         29. “Value Science and Just War Theory,” Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 2, 1992. (Co-authored with Frank G. Forrest)

         30. “Anthropic Cosmology and the Meaning and Value of Human Life,” Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 8, 1993.

         31. “Antecedent Universe Cosmologies,” The Society for Philosophy of Religion, Savannah, GA, Feb. 25, 1994.

         32. “Tom Regan’s Seafaring Dog and (Un)Equal Inherent Worth,” The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, March 31, 1994.

         33. “Self-Knowledge and Values,” R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN., Oct. 1996.

         34. “The Causes and Effects of the Big Bang” presented as a public lecture at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC in April, 1998.

         35. “Religion and the Ultimate Axiological Proof of the Infinite Value of Human Beings,” R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 8, 1998.

         36. “Religion and the Dark Side of Self-Knowledge,” R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 9, 1998.

         37. “Axiology, Evolutionary Psychology, and Fallen Human Nature,” R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Sept. 17, 1999.

         38. “Can We Make Sense of ‘Infinite Value’?” co-presented with Thomas M. Dicken, R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 6, 2000.

         39. “Being and Becoming All that We Can Be,” International Congress of Axiology, Autonomous University of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico, Oct. 5, 2001.

         40. “The Christian and Religious Value Profiles,” co-presented with David and Vera Mefford, R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 11, 2002.

         41. “Developing Your Spiritual Potentials,” co-presented with David and Vera Mefford, R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 2, 2003.

         42. “Knowing Patients Through Their Values,” co-presented with Art Ellis, R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Sept. 15, 2005.

         43. “The Value Dimensions of Spirituality,” co-presented with David and Vera Mefford,

R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Sept. 16, 2005.

         44. “Identification: Spiritual Union for Dummies,” R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 6, 2006.

         45. “John Wesley’s Values,” R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 25, 2012.

         46. “What Process Thinkers Value, and Why,” Conference on Process Ethics at the Center for Process Studies, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, Sept. 27, 2013.

         47. “A Tribute to John W. Davis,” R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 23, 2014.

         48. “How Whitehead’s Ontology and Theory of Value Mutually Ground Each Other,” Conference on “Seizing an Alternative: Toward an Ecological Civilization,” the 10th International Whitehead Conference, Claremont, CA, June 6, 2015.

         49. “Souls as Fields,” presented to a national meeting of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society in Cleveland, TN on March 8, 2018.

         50. “Was Jesus Ever Happy? How John Wesley Could Have Answered,” presented to a national meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society in Cleveland, TN on March 9, 2018.

         51. “My Relations with Robert S. Hartman and Axiology,” The Robert S Hartman Institute for Formal Axiology, Knoxville, TN, October 12, 2018.

         52. “The Basics of Axiological Theory,” a Zoom presentation to The Robert S. Hartman Institute, May 21, 2021.

WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

1. I was on the faculty of a conference on “Ethics and the Treatment of Chronic Pain” at Brown University, Providence, R.I. on March 21-22, 1980. My presentation was titled “Pain and the Ethics of Pain Management.”

2. Together with Chaplain Tom Brown, I conducted a day-long workshop on “Ethical Issues in Mental Health Care” in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on January 5, 1982, which was attended by approximately 90 persons. This was sponsored by the Hamilton County Mental Health Association and the Human Rights and Ethics Committee of Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute. At this conference, I made presentations on: a. Value Dimensions of Models of Therapist-Patient Relationships, b. Confidentiality in Medicine, c. The Rationale for Informed Consent, d. Value Dimensions of Concepts of Mental Health and Mental Illness, and e. Case Discussions.

3. I served on the Planning Committee and the Faculty of the 8th Symposium on Veterinary Medical Education on the theme “Exploring Ethical Value Issues in Veterinary Medicine.” This was held June 28-30, 1982, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. I made two hour-long presentations on “Animal Pain and Well Being” and helped lead two Case Discussions in Small Animal Medicine. The latter was team-taught by me, Dr. James Brace, and Dr. Michael J. McCulloch.

4. I served on the Faculty of the Conference on “Medical Records, Confidential­ity, and Expert Testimony for Physicians, Lawyers and Administrators” held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, August 1-3, 1982. I made a presentation on “Confidentiality and Professional Ethics” and helped lead discussion groups. This was sponsored by Continuing Medical Education at the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center Hospital.

5. I served on the Conference Planning Committee, and on the Faculty (as a group discussion leader for four Small Group Discussions), for the Conference on “Clinical Medical Ethics: Exploration and Assessment” which was held at The University of Tennessee in Knoxville from August 16-18, 1982.

6. From December, 1982, through December, 1984, I served as monthly co-director of Ethics Grand Rounds in Veterinary Medicine at The University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. I was a regular participant thereafter.

7. Together with Glenn Graber, I conducted a workshop on “Ethical Wholeness in Medical Care” for the Holston (Methodist) Conference Minister’s Convocation held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, February 16-19, 1987. I made two presentations on “Abortion” and “Euthanasia.” Each was given twice to two different groups.

8. I was a visiting professor at Berry College, Rome, Georgia, on May 3-5, 1987. This was sponsored by the Council for Philosophical Studies under the Visiting Philosopher Program. I gave one public address, taught four classes and had 6 meals with groups of faculty and students.

9. I was on the faculty of a conference on “Drug Treatment of Cancer Pain” at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas, on March 16-18, 1988. My presenta­tion was titled “Pain Management and the Moral Values of Health Care Providers.”

10. I was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL in June of 1988 where I taught a mini-course in Medical Ethics and gave a public lecture.

11. I was on the faculty of a conference on “Prospects for Natural Theology” at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC on Oct. 22-23, 1988. I responded to a paper presented by Prof. Bowman Clarke. My presentation was titled “Philosophy’s Iatrogenic Diseases.”

12. I was a Visiting Professor at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC in April of 1998. I taught two classes (on Abortion, and Process Theology) and gave one public lecture (listed in preceding section).

VIDEO

To view my lecture on “What Process Thinkers Value, and Why,” given at the Conference on Process Ethics at the Center for Process Studies, Claremont, CA, Sept. 27, 2013, go to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXSsTQOeiU&feature=youtu.be.

PUBLICATIONS

A. ARTICLES, etc.

1. “A Critique of Ross’s Hypothetical ‘I Can’”, Mind, Vol. 69, 1960, pp. 80-83.

2. “Is There a Metaphysic of Genesis?” Continuum, Vol. 1, 1963, pp. 368-372.

3. “Agency Without a Substantive Self,” The Monist, Vol. 49, 1965, pp. 273-289.

4. “The Truth and Falsity of Definitions,” Philosophy of Science, Vol. 33, 1966, pp. 76-79.

5. “Is Choice Determined by the Strongest Motive?” American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 4, 1967, pp. 72-78.

6. “An Emotivist Analysis of the Ontological Argument,” The Personalist, Vol. 48, 1967, pp. 25-32.

7. “On Being Rational About Norms,” The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 5, 1967, pp. 180-186.

8. “Composition and the Cosmological Argument,” Mind, Vol. 77, 1968, pp. 115-117.

9. “The Validity of Aquinas’ Third Way,” The New Scholasticism, Vol. 47, 1973, pp. 117-126.

10. “The Value of Man in the Hartman Value System,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 7, 1973, pp. 141-147.

11. “Another Visit to the ‘Third Way’,” The New Scholasticism, Vol. 47, 1973, pp. 100-104.

12. “Existential Experience, and Limiting Questions and Answers,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 4, 1973, pp. 65-79.

13. “Do Pleasures and Pains Differ Qualitatively?” The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 9, 1975, pp. 195-203.

14. “The Human Self: An Actual Entity or a Society?” Process Studies, Vol. 5, 1975, pp. 195-203.

15. “Analogies between Nature and Its Parts,” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 7, 1976, pp. 369-378.

16. “Reasonableness, Murder and Modern Science,” Phi Kappa Phi Journal, (now The National Forum), Vol. 58, no. 1, Winter 1978, pp. 24-29. (Co-authored with Frank H. Marsh).

17. “The Pagan Dogma of the Absolute Unchangeableness of God,” Religious Studies, Vol. 14, 1978, pp. 305-314.

18. “Report on Lakeshore Clinical Residency,” Report of the Institute Fellows, No. 11, 1977-78, The Society for Health and Human Values, pp. 25-26.

19. “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value and Valuation,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 13, 1979, pp. 133-143.

20. “Kraus’ Boethian Interpretation of Whitehead’s God,” Process Studies, Vol. 11, Spring 1981, pp. 30-34.

21. “Narveson on Qualitative Hedonism,” The Mill News Letter, Vol. 16, Winter 1981, pp. 6-10.

22. “Mental Health as Rational Autonomy,” The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol. 6, August 1981, pp. 309-322. Republished in 1982 in Rem B. Edwards, ed. Psychiatry and Ethics: Insanity, Rational Autonomy, and Mental Health Care (Buffalo, Prometheus Books, 1982), pp. 68-78.

23. “A Response to “On Being ‘Mentally Healthy’,” The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Vol. 8, 1983, pp. 201-203.

24. Authored definitions of: Animal Welfare, Deontologism, Factory Farming, Interests, Intrinsic Value and Disvalue, Proxy Consent, Vegan, and Vegetarian on pp. 139-40. Co-authored with Dr. Rebecca E. Gompf Case Study #20 on Informed Consent in Veterinary Medicine on p. 124. Helped lead discussion group in Small Animal Medicine described on p. 25. Led workshop on Animal Pain and Well Being described on pp. 131-32. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Vol. 9, Spring 1983.

26. “Pain and the Ethics of Pain Management,” Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 18, 1984, pp. 515-23.

27. “Foreword” to a book written by Gerry C. Heard, Mystical and Ethical Experience (Macon, Mercer University Press, 1984), pp. vii-viii.

28. “J. S. Mill and Robert Veatch’s Critique of Utilitarianism,” The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 23, 1985, pp. 181-200.

29. “Is an Existential System Possible?” International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 17, 1985, pp. 201-208.

30. “The Principle of Utility and Mill’s Minimizing Utilitarianism,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 20, 1986, pp. 125-136.

31. “Confidentiality and the Professions,” in Rem B. Edwards and Glenn C. Graber, eds., Bio-Ethics (San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), 1988, pp. 72-81.

32. “Pain Management and the Values of Health Care Providers,” in C. Stratton Hill, Jr., M.D., ed., Drug Treatment of Cancer Pain in a Drug-Oriented Society: Adequate or Inadequate, New York, Raven Press, 1989. (Published as Vol. 11 of Advances in Pain Research and Therapy), pp. 101-112.

33. “Abortion Rights: Why Conservatives are Wrong,” National Forum, Vol. 69, no. 4, Fall 1989, pp. 19, 21, 23, 24.

34. “Process Thought and the Spaciness of Mind,” Process Studies, Vol. 19, Fall 1990, pp. 156-166.

35. “The Search for Family Resemblances of Religion,” reprinted in Philip A. Verhalen, Religion is a Personal Matter, New York, Peter Lang, Publishing, Inc.

36. “Systemic Value and Valuation,” in Rem B. Edwards and John W. Davis, eds., Forms of Value and Valuation: Theory and Applications, Washington, University Press of America, 1991, pp. 37-55.

37. “Universals, Individuals and Intrinsic Goods,” in Rem B. Edwards and John W. Davis, eds., Forms of Value and Valuation: Theory and Applications, Washington, University Press of America, 1991, pp. 81-104.

38. “God and Process,” James F. Harris, ed., Logic, God and Metaphysics, The Hague, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992, pp. 45-57.

39. “Thomas Jefferson,” in Lawrence C. Becker, ed., Encyclopedia of Ethics, New York, Garland Publishing Co., 1992, Vol. I, pp. 643-644. In Second Edition, New York, Routledge, 2110, Vol. II, pp. 905-906.

40. “Jonathan Edwards,” in Lawrence C. Becker, ed., Encyclopedia of Ethics, New York, Garland Publishing Co., 1992, Vol. I, pp. 293-294. In Second Edition, New York, Routledge, 2001, Vol.II, pp. 445-446.

41. “Why We Should Not Use Some Drugs for Pleasure,” Steven Luper-Foy and Curtis Brown, eds., Drugs, Morality and the Law, New York, Garland Press, 1994, pp. 183-196.

42. “Editorial Foreword,” in Robert S. Hartman, Born to Live: The Robert Hartman Story, edited by Arthur R. Ellis, Amsterdam, Editions Rodopi, 1994, pp. 1-3.

43. “Editorial Foreword,” in Frank G. Forrest, Valuemetrics: The Science of Personal and Professional Ethics, Amsterdam, Editions Rodopi, 1994, pp. ix-xi.

45. “Death and Permission to Die,” in E. Edward Bittar and Neville Bittar, eds., Principles of Medical Biology, Vol. 1A, Greenwich, CT, JAI Press, 1994, pp. 115-144. (Co-authored with Glenn C. Graber). Revised version reprinted in: Rem B. Edwards Edward Bittar, eds., Bioethics for Medical Education, Stamford, CT: Elsevier, 1999.

46. “Tom Regan’s Seafaring Dog and (Un)Equal Inherent Worth,” Between the Species, Fall, 1993, pp. 231-235. (This issue actually came out in the fall of 1994).

47. “Who Are the Hartmaniacs? Applications of Formal Axiology,” Center View, Vol. 2, no. 2, January, 1995. pp. 1-4.

48. “Behaviorism: Philosophical Issues,” in the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Warren T. Reich, ed., New York, Macmillan, 1995, Vol. I, pp. 233-238. A revised version is in the third edition, 2004.

49. “Freedom and Coercion,” in the second edition of The Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Warren T. Reich, ed., New York, Macmillan, 1995, Vol. 2, pp. 881-888. (Co-authored with Edmund L. Erde).

50. “Editorial Foreword” and “Introduction,” to Rem B. Edwards, ed., Formal Axiology and Its Critics, Amsterdam - Atlanta, Editions Rodopi, 1995.

51. “Some Spurious Proofs for the Pure Ego,” in Rem B. Edwards, ed., Formal Axiology and Its Critics, Amsterdam - Atlanta, Editions Rodopi, 1995.

52. “Ten Unanswered Questions,” in Rem B. Edwards, ed., Formal Axiology and Its Critics, Amsterdam - Atlanta, Editions Rodopi, 1995.

53. “Public Funding for Abortions and Abortion Counseling,” in Rem B. Edwards, ed., New Essays on Abortion and Bioethics, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, summer 1997.

54. “Fetz’s Misunderstanding of Formal Axiology,” Kriterion, Vol. 13, 1999, pp. 24-30.

55. “The Search for Family Resemblances of Religion,” In: Gary E. Kessler, Philosophy of Religions in Global Perspective, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. 1997, pp. 20-24.

56. “Editorial Foreword” to Armando Molina, Our Ways: Character and Values, Amsterdam -Atlanta, Editions Rodopi, 1997.

57. “Minimizing Utilitarianism: An Ethical Theory for Clinical Practice,” in Rem B. Edwards, ed., Bioethics for Medical Education, Stamford, Ct.: JAI Press, 1999, pp. 61-99.

58. “Editorial Foreword” to Gary J. Acquaviva, Values, Violence and Our Future, Amsterdam -Atlanta, Editions Rodopi, 2000.

59. “How Process Theology Can Affirm Creation Ex Nihilo,” Process Studies, Vol. 20, no. 1, 2000, pp. 77-96.

60. “Being and Becoming All that We Can Be,” in Memorias, 2nd Congreso Internacional Axiología Formal, (Toluca, MX: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2001), pp. 40-50.

61. “Editorial Foreword” to Robert S. Hartman, The Knowledge of Good: Critique of Axiological Reason, New York: Editions Rodopi, 2002

62. “Freedom and Free Will,” in The Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Third Edition, New York, Macmillan, 2004.

63. “Robert S. Hartman,” in Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, London - New York, Thoemmes/Continuum, 2005.

64. “Self-realization,” in Encyclopedia of American Philosophy, eds. John Lachs and Robert Talisse. New York: Routledge, 2007.

65. “Pleasure” in Encyclopedia of American Philosophy, eds. John Lachs and Robert Talisse. New York: Routledge, 2007.

66. “Know Thyself: Know Thy Psychology,” Journal of Formal Axiology, Theory and Practice, Vol. 1, 2008, pp. 81-100.

67. “People and Their Worth: Uniting Process and Axiology,” Process Studies, Vol. 38, no. 1, 2009, pp. 43-68.

68. “Transfinite Mathematics, and Axiology as a Future Science,” Journal of Formal Axiology, Theory and Practice, Vol. 2, 2009, pp. 147-168.

69. “Gallopin’s Mistakes,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 5, 2012, pp. 157-168.

70. “Toward an Axiological Virtue Ethics,” Ethical Research Quarterly, published in Tehran, Iran, Vol. 3, 2013, pp. 25-60.

71. “The Fifth Dimension: Intrinsic Value Enhancers,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 6, 2013, pp. 55-59.

72. “God as a Single Processing Actual Entity,” Process Studies, Vol. 42.1, 2013, pp. 77-86.

73. “What is the Philosophy of Religion,” http://www.philosophyofreligion.org/ Nov. 2013.

74. “Judaism, Process Theology, and Formal Axiology,” Process Studies, Vol. 43.2, 2014, pp. 87-103.

75. “Judaism, Process Theology, and Formal Axiology: An Expanded Version,” co-authored with Marcos Gojman, Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 8, 2018, pp. 9-25.

76 “Whitehead’s Theistic Metaphysics and Axiology,” Process Studies, Vol. 45.1, 2016, pp. 5-32.

77 “Identification Ethics and Spirituality,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol 9, 2016, pp. 1-17.

78. “John Wesley’s Non-Literal Literalism and Hermeneutics of Love,” Wesleyan Theological Journal, 51:2, 2016, pp. 26-40.

79. “Axiology and Business Ethics,” in Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, Deborah C Poff, Alex C. Michalos, eds., Springer, 2017.

80. “God, Miracles, Creation, Evil, and Statistical Natural Laws,” in Matthew N. Hill and Curtis Holtzen, eds., Connecting Faith and Science: Philosophical and Theological Inquiries. Claremont: Claremont School of Theology Press, 2017, pp. 59-85.

81. “A Genuine Monotheism for Christians, Muslims, Jews, and All,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2017, pp. 554-586.

82. “Identification Spirituality and the Union of Jesus and God,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2017, pp. 575-586.

83. “Dialogue on Human Goodness and Good-Making Properties,” Co-authored with Douglas Lawrence. Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 10, 2017, pp. 29-42.

84. “Was Jesus Ever Happy? How John Wesley Could Have Answered.” Wesleyan Theological Journal, Vol. 52:2, 2017, 119-132.

85. “What Values or Norms Define Excellent Philosophy of Religion?”

http://philosophyofreligion.org/?p=525048, July 2017.

86. “Conflicting Process Theodicies,” Process Studies, Vol. 47:1, 2019, 19-39.

87. “Axiological Reflections on Human and Divine Infinity,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 12, 2019.

88. “Wesley on Love as the ‘Sum of All,’” Wesleyan Theological Journal, Vol. 55:2, 2020.

89. “Axiology and Spirituality,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 14, 2021, 1-16.

90. “Dialogues on Axiological Theory,” Co-authored with several members of the Hartman Institute, Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 14, 2021, 73-90.

91. “Axiological Values in Natural Scientists and the Natural Sciences,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 15, 2022, 21-36.

92. “Robert Hartman and Brand Blanshard on Reason, Moral Relativism, and Intrinsic Goodness,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Vol. 15, 2022, 65-82..

93. “Increases in Old or New Properties in Value Combinations,” Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, Forthcoming in 2023.

94. “Process Axiology, Buddhism, and Time,” Process Studies, Forthcoming in 2024.

B. BOOKS

1. Freedom, Responsibility and Obligation (The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1969).

2. Reason and Religion, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972). Republished in 1979 by the University Press of America. Republished again in 2016 by Wipf & Stock.

3. Pleasures and Pains: A Theory of Qualitative Hedonism (Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1979).

4. A Return to Moral and Religious Philosophy in Early America (Washington, University Press of America, 1982).

5. Psychiatry and Ethics: Insanity, Rational Autonomy, and Mental Health Care (Buffalo, Prometheus Books, 1982).

6. Bio-Ethics, Co-edited/authored with Glenn C. Graber (San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988).

7. Forms of Value and Valuation: Theory and Applications (Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 1991). (Co-authored/edited with John W. Davis.) Republished in 2014 by Wipf & Stock, Eugene Oregon.

8. Formal Axiology and Its Critics (Amsterdam - Atlanta, Editions Rodopi, 1995).

9. Violence, Neglect, and the Elderly, Co-edited by Roy Cebik, Rem B. Edwards, Glenn Graber, and Frank H. Marsh (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1996.

10. New Essays on Abortion and Bioethics. (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1997).

11. Ethics of Psychiatry: Insanity, Rational Autonomy, and Mental Health Care, (Buffalo, Prometheus Books, 1997).

12. Values, Ethics, and Alcoholism, Co-edited with Dr. Wayne Shelton. (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1997).

13. Bioethics for Medical Education, Co-edited with Dr. Edward Bittar. (Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1999).

14. Religious Values and Valuations (Chatanooga, Tenn.: Paidia Pub. Co., 2000).

15. Dialogues on Values and Centers of Value: Old Friends, New Ideas Co-authored with Thomas M. Dicken (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Editions Rodopi), 2002.

16. What Caused the Big Bang? (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Editions Rodopi), 2002. Now available as a free Open Access book. Go to

https://brill.com/view/book/9789004496033/BP000016.xml

17. Developing Your Spiritual Potentials, The Religious and Christian Value Profiles, with A Guide for Interpretation and Improvement. Co-authored with David and Vera Mefford. (Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2005).

18. The Essentials of Formal Axiology, (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2010).

19. John Wesley’s Values—And Ours, (Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2012).

20. Spiritual Values and Evaluations, (Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2012).

21. An Axiological Process Ethics, (Claremont, CA: Process Century Press, 2014).

22. What Today’s Methodists Need to Know About John Wesley, Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2018.

C. BETWEEN 1994 AND EARLY 2000, I CO-EDITING WITH EDWARD BITTAR, M.D., THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MEDICAL SCHOOL, A BOOK SERIES IN “ADVANCES IN BIOETHICS” FOR JAI PRESS, STAMFORD, CT. BOOKS 9, 10, 12, and 13 ABOVE ARE IN THAT SERIES.

D. I AM THE EDITOR OF THE HARTMAN INSTITUTE AXIOLOGICAL STUDIES SUB-SERIES IN THE VALUE INQUIRY BOOK SERIES PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS RODOPI, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. BOOKS 8 AND 15 ABOVE IS IN THAT SERIES. BOOKS BY OTHER AUTHORS FOLLOW.

The following books (by other authors, but heavily edited by me) have been published in this series.

1. Frank G. Forrest, Daytona Beach, FL, Valuemetrics: The Science of Personal and Professional Ethics, 1994.

2. Robert S. Hartman, Freedom to Live: The Robert Hartman Story, 1994. Edited by Arthur Ellis.

3. Armando Molina, Las Palmas, Spain, Our Ways: Values and Character, 1997.

4. Gary Acquaviva, Morristown, TN, Violence, Values, and Our Future, 2000.

5. Robert S. Hartman, The Knowledge of Good, 2002. Co edited with Arthur Ellis.

6. Leon Pomeroy, The New Science of Axiological Psychology, 2005.

7. Gary Gallopin: Beyond Perestroika: Axiology and the New Russian Entrepreneurs, 2009.

E. IN FEBRUARY, 1996, I BECAME THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THE VALUE INQUIRY BOOK SERIES, AT THE INVITATION OF PROF. ROBERT GINSBERG AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL 1998.

F. BOOK REVIEWS

1. Review of: John B. Cobb, Jr., and David R. Griffin, Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition, in the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 10, 1979, pp. 61-62.

2. Review of: Robert O. Johan, ed., Freedom and Value in International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 10, 1978, pp. 219-21.

3. Review of: John H. Whittaker, Matters of Faith and Matters of Principle, Religious Truth Claims and Their Logic in The Review of Metaphysics, June 1983, pp. 956-58.

4. Review of: Harold H. Oliver, A Relational Metaphysic in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, March 1983, pp. 157-58.

5. Review of: Bernard Williams, Moral Luck in International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 17, 1984, pp. 111-12.

6. Review of: Samuel Scheffler, The Rejection of Consequentialism in International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 18, No. 3, 1986, pp. 90-92.

7. Review of: Don S. Browning and Ian S. Evison, eds., Does Psychiatry Need a Public Philosophy, in Ethics, Vol. 102, No. 4, 1992, pp. 894-895.

8. Review of: Thomas Nagel, Equality and Partiality, in International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, 1994.

9. Review of: Ernest Wallwork, Psychoanalysis and Ethics, in International Studies in Philosophy.

10. Review of: William L. Craig and Quentin Smith, Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology, the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 37, pp. 123-125, 1995.

11. Review of: Pascal Boyer, The Naturalness of Religious Ideas: A Cognitive Theory of Religion, in The Review of Metaphysics, December 1995, pp. 400-401.

12. Joint review of: Stephen H. Daniel, The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards: A Study in Divine Semiotics and Thomas A Schafer, eds. The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume 13: The “Miscellanies,” a-500, The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 50, Fall 1996, pp. 396-399.

13. Review of: Neal O. Weiner, The Harmony of the Soul:  Mental Health and Moral Virtue Reconsidered, International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 29, no. 2, 1997, pp. 149-150.

14. Review of: The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume 14, Sermons and Discourses, 1723-1729, in The Review of Metaphysics, Sept. 1998, pp. 147-148.

15. Review of: Robert Audi, Moral Knowledge and Ethical Character, in International Studies in Philosophy, Vol. 35, no. 4, 2003, pp. 145-146.

16. Review of: Hent de Vries, Religion and Violence: Philosophical Perspectives from Kant to Derrida, in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 833-834.

17. Review of: Thomas J. Oord’s two books: Defining Love: A Philosophical. Scientific, and Theological Engagement and The Nature of Love: A Theology in the American Journal of Theology & Philosophy, Vol. 32, No. 3, September 2011, pp. 276-281.

18. Review of Thomas J. Oord, The Uncontrolling Love of God, in Process Studies, Vol. 44.2, 2016, pp. 298-303.

G. AUDIOTAPES

I wrote the script for a set of two audiotapes on  Animals and Ethics, having Robert Guillaume as the celebrity reader, produced by Knowledge Products, Nashville, TN, in June 1995. Later this was narrated by Cliff Robertson.