Richard E. Hart

When an emotional Abraham Lincoln took leave of his Springfield neighbors, never to return, his moving tribute to the town and its people reflected their profound influence on the newly elected president. His old neighborhood still stands today as a National Historic Site. The story of the life Lincoln and his family built there returns to us through the careful work of authors Bonnie E. Paull and Richard E. Hart. Journey back in time and meet this diverse but harmonious community as it participated in the business of everyday living while gradually playing a larger role on the national stage.

This collection of essays aims to mark a place for American philosophy as it moves into the twenty-first century. Taking their cue from the work of Peirce, James, Santayana, Dewey, Mead, Buchler, and others, the contributors assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. Within the broad background of the American tradition, the essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American philosophy is currently engaged. Some of the pieces argue from an historical dialogue with the tradition, some are more polemically involved with American philosophy's current status among the contemporary philosophical "schools," and still others seek to reveal the possibilities for the future of American philosophy. In thus addressing past, present, and future, the pieces, taken together, outline a trajectory for American philosophy that reinvents its importance from a new angle of vision.

This collection of essays aims to mark a place for American philosophy as it moves into the twenty-first century. Taking their cue from the work of Peirce, James, Santayana, Dewey, Mead, Buchler, and others, the contributors assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. Within the broad background of the American tradition, the essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American philosophy is currently engaged. Some of the pieces argue from an historical dialogue with the tradition, some are more polemically involved with American philosophy's current status among the contemporary philosophical "schools," and still others seek to reveal the possibilities for the future of American philosophy. In thus addressing past, present, and future, the pieces, taken together, outline a trajectory for American philosophy that reinvents its importance from a new angle of vision.

Ethics and the Environment includes contributions from distinguished philosophers, humanists, politicians, geologists, chemists and physicists. This volume opens with an historical and philosophical background to provide a basis for discussion of significant contemporary changes in ethical theory. Key themes and concepts in the environmental ethics debate are addressed, including property rights, organism and community, and environmentalist values. The political and legislative dimensions of environmental issues are analyzed. The book concludes with discussion of two environmental problems that affect Long Island, nuclear energy and safe water supply. Contributors: E. Shirk, M. Soupios, A. Berleant, C. Mooney, D. Sprintzen, E. Katz, E. Walther, the Honorable P. G. Halpin, T. Goldfard, J. Kluewer, R. Watson, and J. Kane. Co-published with the Long Island Philosophical Society.

Ethics and the Environment includes contributions from distinguished philosophers, humanists, politicians, geologists, chemists and physicists. This volume opens with an historical and philosophical background to provide a basis for discussion of significant contemporary changes in ethical theory. Key themes and concepts in the environmental ethics debate are addressed, including property rights, organism and community, and environmentalist values. The political and legislative dimensions of environmental issues are analyzed. The book concludes with discussion of two environmental problems that affect Long Island, nuclear energy and safe water supply. Contributors: E. Shirk, M. Soupios, A. Berleant, C. Mooney, D. Sprintzen, E. Katz, E. Walther, the Honorable P. G. Halpin, T. Goldfard, J. Kluewer, R. Watson, and J. Kane. Co-published with the Long Island Philosophical Society.