PRESENT ADDRESS
8709 Longmeade Drive, Knoxville, TN 37923
Home Phone: 865-693-3635.
E-mail: remb@bellsouth.net

EDUCATION

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 and until retirement in 1997/1998, 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.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Ethics, Metaethics, Medical Ethics, Axiology, Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology, American Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Process Philosophy.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES

American Philosophical Association

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, Board of Directors from 1987 to present; Chairman of Committee on Research 1987-89; Secretary-Treasurer 1989 to the present; Program Chairman 1992-1998; Webmaster from 2000 to the present.

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

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 Philosophy (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.

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. "Universals, Individuals, and Intrinsic Goods," Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology," Knoxville, TN, Sept. l, 1989.

2. "Systemic Value and Valuation," Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 25, 1990.

3. "God and Process," Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, March 1991.

4. "Conscience and Dimensions of Self," Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 11, 1991.

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

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

7. "Antecedent Universe Cosmologies," The Society for Philosophy of Religion, Savannah, GA, Feb. 25, 1994.

8. "Tom Regan's Seafaring Dog and (Un)Equal Inherent Worth," The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Atlanta, GA, March 31, 1994.

9. "Self-Knowledge and Values," R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN., Oct. 1996.

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

11. "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.

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

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

14. “On Being and Becoming All that We Can Be,” 2nd International Congress of Formal Axiology, Mexico City, MX, Oct. 5, 2001.

15. "The Christian and Religious Value Profiles," R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 11, 2002. Co-presented with David and Vera Mefford.

16. "Developing Your Spiritual Potentials," R. S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 2, 2003. Co-presented with David and Vera Mefford

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

18. "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.

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

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), 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. "Forword" 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. ll of Advances in Pain Research and Therapy), pp. 101-112.

33. "Abortion Rights: Why Conservatives are Wrong," National Forum, 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. "Selected Family Traits of Some Religions," 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.

40. "Jonathan Edwards," in Lawrence C. Becker, ed., Encyclopedia of Ethics, New York, Garland Publishing Co., 1992, Vol. I, pp. 293-294.

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:, Elsvier, 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. Updated version published 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. 11, Autumn 1998.

55. "The Search for a Common Essence of Religion," In: Gary E. Kessler, Philosophy of Religions in Global Perspective, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. 1997.

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, Fall 2000.

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, Amsterdam–New York, Editions Rodopi, 2002.

62. “Freedom and Free Will,” in the third edition of The Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 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.

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.

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.)

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 (Chattanooga, Tenn., Paidea Pub. Co., 2000).

15. Old Friends, New Ideas: Dialogues on Values and Centers of Value–Co-authored with Thomas M. Dicken (Amsterdam - New York: Editions Rodopi), 2001.

16. What Caused the Big Bang? (Amsterdam - New York, Editions Rodopi), 2001. (Winner of the “Book of the Year Award” from the VIBS Editors.

17. Developing Your Spiritual Potentials: The Christian and Religious Value Profiles, with a Guide for Interpretation and Improvement–Co-authored with David and Vera Mefford. XLibris, 2005. For information go to: rvp-cvpautoscore.com.


C. BETWEEN 1994 AND EARLY 2000, I CO-EDITING WITH EDWARD BITTAR, M.D., OF 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 SPECIAL SERIES IN THE VALUE INQUIRY BOOK SERIES PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS RODOPI, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. BOOKS 8 AND 15 ABOVE ARE IN THAT SERIES. BOOKS BY OTHER AUTHORS FOLLOW.

1. Dr. Frank Forrest, Daytona Beach, FL, Valuemetrics: The Science of Personal and Professional Ethics, 1994.
2. Robert S. Hartman (deceased), Freedom to Live: The Robert Hartman Story, 1994.
3. Armando Molina, Las Palmas, Spain, Our Ways: Values and Character, 1997.
4. Gary Acquaviva, Morristown, TN, Violence, Values, and Our Future, 2000.
5. Dr. Robert S. Hartman, The Knowledge of Good, 2002.
6. Dr. Leon Pomeroy, The New Science of Axiological Psychology, 2005.
7. Dr. Gary Gallopin, Beyond Perestroika: Axiology and the New Russian Entrepreneurs, forthcoming.


E. 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, forthcoming 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,