During the final decade or so of his life, Hartman frequently delivered a series of lectures in which he outlined the need for a scientific theory of human values, the theoretical requirements demanded of an effective value theory, and his rationale behind the development of the particular value theory he developed, which he named formal axiology. He named these lectures, collectively, Five Lectures in Formal Axiology.

By bringing these lectures together in one volume, we are able to offer to readers the clearest, most cogent, and most concise description of his theory that Hartman ever wrote.

If you have ever been put off by the sheer mass and intellectual density of either The Structure of Value or The Knowledge of Good, then you will find these Five Lectures to be a breath of fresh air. Written as they were for oral delivery, they have a cadence and clarity to them that make them a pleasure to read.

Hartman concludes these lectures with a description of how his theory might be applied in various real-world situations. Specifically, he discusses how formal axiology can be applied to studies of economics and political economies, including profit sharing; to international affairs, including matters of war and peace; and to personal ethics. To Hartman, nothing less than the survival of human existence depends on this.

Robert S. Hartman's life was marked by war.

Hartman devoted much of his extraordinary intellectual capacity to understanding and articulating the political, philosophical, psychological, and spiritual causes of war so that humankind could stop waging war and start living together in peace. This collection of essays by Hartman reveal, for the first time in one place, the range and depth of his thoughts on this subject. It also traces how his own understanding of the role of war in human society evolved during his lifetime.

It was his study of war that led, in large part, to his development of the value theory for which he is best known-formal axiology. Hartman's ideas, if understood and embraced, may well lead to fulfillment of his hope that we can learn to live in peace.

This book will naturally be of interest to the historian and the political scientist. But, it offers much more than a historical record. Hartman offers lessons that will benefit any informed global citizen today. For more information on Hartman and his legacy, visit www.hartmaninstitute.org.

Robert S. Hartman is one of the greatest visionaries of building a better world by first building your best self. His range of thought and breadth of experience from mathematics to philosophy to political science to innovation and creativity provides one of the most comprehensive views of life as we live it and how to live it better.

Wit & Wisdom: Inspiration for Living Fully is the first-ever comprehensive quote collection from Robert S. Hartman from a variety of his published, unpublished, and soon-to-be-published works.

His influential thought on all matters to do with the Self comes from over 50 years of exploring the question, What is good? Thus, each page of this book offers the wit-and wisdom-to challenge and encourage you to live a full life in the essence of goodness.

Edited and designed by his namesake institute, The Robert S. Hartman Institute, the book can be enjoyed two ways. Read from front to back to become engrossed in Hartman's intellectualism, humor, and vision for a better world. Or take a random page each day to inspire you to self-reflect, take action, create goodness, and live life fully.

We offer this collection to perpetuate Hartman's ideas:

The greatest power on earth is the goodwill and decency in the heart of each human being.

- Robert S. Hartman

Hartman's revolutionary book introduces formal orderly thinking into value theory. It identifies three basic kinds of value, intrinsic goods (e.g., people as ends in themselves), extrinsic goods (e.g., things and actions as means to ends), and systemic goods (conceptual values). All good things share a common formal or structural pattern: they fulfill the ideal standards or concepts that we apply to them. Thus, this theory is called formal axiology. Some values are richer in good-making property-fulfillment than others, so some desirable things are better than others and form patterned hierarchies of value. How we value is just as important as what we value, and evaluations, like values, share structures or formal patterns, as this book demonstrates. Hartman locates all of this solidly within the framework of historical value theory, but he moves successfully and creatively beyond philosophical tradition and toward the creation of a new value science.

Das vorliegende Buch verdankt seinen Ursprung teils theoretischer Forschung teils praktischer Erfahrung. Der erste Teil enthalt eine systematische Ubersicht uber die theoretischen Grundsatze und Methoden der Partnerschaft, wahrend der zweite deren Verwirklichung in der Praxis behandelt. Durch diese Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis sucht das Buch einerseits ein Bild der Partnerschaft in ihrem lebendigen Wirkungsbereich und andererseits den systematischen Zusam- menhang ihrer verschiedenen Verfahren zu vermitteln. Das Buch bewegt sich somit auf zwei Ebenen, der theoretischen und der prak- tischen. DarUber hinaus aber sucht es innerhalb beider die zwei Dimensionen der Partnerschaft, die wirtschaftlich-technische und die ethische, miteinander zu verbinden. Es zeigt, daB Partnerschaft die Verbindung von betriebstechnischer und ethischer Kompetenz, sowohl in Theorie wie in Praxis, ist. Dies schien um so wichtiger, als ein Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und Amerika zeigt, daB in Deutschland die Praxis der Partnerschaft zunachst belastet ist mit sozial- historisch bedingten, ideologischen Auseinandersetzungen, wahrend in Amerika die Praxis unheschwert ist von solchen Hemmungen. Infolgedessen hat man sich hier umso weniger mit der Theorie der Partnerschaft hefaBt. Das Buch in seinen zwei Ausgahen, der amerikanis('hen und der deutschen, versucht deshalh eine Briicke zu schlagen, die der Begegnung in zwiefacher Richtung dienen mochte: zunachst hat es sich zur Aufgahe gestellt, eine grundlegende Theorie der hetrieh- lichen Partnerschaft zu erarheiten und sodann im zweiten Teil versucht, diese Theorie an einigen in Amerika und Deutschland praktizierten hetriehsindivi- duellen Formen zu erlautern und zu hestatigen.

Robert S. Hartman's life was marked by war.

Hartman devoted much of his extraordinary intellectual capacity to understanding and articulating the political, philosophical, psychological, and spiritual causes of war so that humankind could stop waging war and start living together in peace. This collection of essays by Hartman reveal, for the first time in one place, the range and depth of his thoughts on this subject. It also traces how his own understanding of the role of war in human society evolved during his lifetime.

It was his study of war that led, in large part, to his development of the value theory for which he is best known-formal axiology. Hartman's ideas, if understood and embraced, may well lead to fulfillment of his hope that we can learn to live in peace.

This book will naturally be of interest to the historian and the political scientist. But, it offers much more than a historical record. Hartman offers lessons that will benefit any informed global citizen today. For more information on Hartman and his legacy, visit www.hartmaninstitute.org.

Freedom to Live: The Robert Hartman Story 1. What am I here for in the world? 2. Why do I work for this organization? 3. What can this organization do to help me fulfill my meaning in the world? 4. How can I help this organization help me fulfill my meaning in the world? In the course of answering these questions we are taken on a personal exploration of the systemic, extrinsic, and intrinsic dimensions of value as they apply to our individual lives. The purpose of this exercise is to help each of us in our search for meaning and in our endeavor to prioritize our values as we make decisions. Dr. Hartman also explores our spiritual nature by applying his thinking to the intrinsic realm in religion. Robert Hartman's vision was to give us the means to recognize and fulfill the good within each of us, thereby enriching our lives. By applying these principles on a broader scale, we may also enrich our world and make it a place of more goodness and peace. When the light of formal axiology is cast upon our world, the elements involved in making particular decisions are revealed with a kind of value clarity previously unknown. This Second Edition of Freedom to Live: The Robert Hartman Story includes many minor editorial improvements, a new and much expanded table of Contents, a much more detailed Index, and new photographs. Many thanks to Stacey McNutt for the new photos she contributed to this Second Edition--Numbers 1, 5, 6, and 11. Many thanks also to Rodopi, Amsterdam - New York, its original publisher, for returning the rights to this book to the Robert S. Hartman Institute.