This volume, with foreword by Pitirim A. Sorokin, contains papers presented at a conference on human values organized by the Research Society for Creative Altruism and held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1957. A paper by Sorokin attributes to love a gigantic potential power. The philosopher R. S. Hartman argues that a science of value is a theoretical possibility, and the philosopher H. Margenau discusses the scientific basis of value theory. The physical scientist G. Bronowski discusses the values which are presupposed by scientific activity. L. von Bertalanffy and T. Dobzhansky discuss different aspects of the biological perspective on value theory. A. H. Maslow, G. W. Allport, Erich Fromm, and Kurt Goldstein offer their respective philosophies of values derived from a background of social, psychological, or psychiatric interests. G. Kepes discusses the special values of art; D. T. Suzuki, values in Zen; and W. Weisskopf and P. Tillich each offer an existential philosophy of values. D. Lee presents a viewpoint based on her research in cultural anthropology. A 2nd part of the volume contains discussion and biographical notes. CONTENTS Preface (Abraham H. Maslow) Foreword from the Society (Pitirim A. Sorokin) PART I. ADDRESSES The Powers of Creative Unselfish Love (Pitirim A. Sorokin) The Science of Value (Robert S. Hartman) The Scientific Basis of Value Theory (Henry Margenau) The Values of Science (Jacob Bronowski) Human Values in a Changing World (Ludwig von Bertalanffy) Human Nature as a Product of Evolution (Theodosius Dobzhansky) Comments on Art (Gyorgy Kepes) Human Values in Zen (Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki) Existence and Values (Walter A. Weisskopf) Psychological Data and Value Theory (Abraham H. Maslow) Normative Compatibility in the Light of Social Science (Gordon W. Allport) Value, Psychology, and Human Existence (Erich Fromm) Culture and the Experience of Value (Dorothy Lee) Health as Value (Kurt Goldstein) Is a Science of Human Values possible? (Paul Tillich) PART II. COMMENT AND REPLIES Comment by Walter A. Weisskopf Reply by Sorokin Reply by Hartman Reply by Margenau Reply by Bronowski Reply by Bertalanffy Reply by Suzuki Reply by Maslow Reply by Goldstein
