Robert S. Hartman: Freedom to Live : : The Robert Hartman Story / / edited byArthur R. Ellis.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Ellis, Arthur R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (221 pages)
• Other title: The Robert Hartman Story
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004495173; 9789051836103
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited byArthur R. Ellis.

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.