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Historical Note: Paul Carus
Paul Carus, the first editor of THE MONIST, was born in Ilsenberg am Harz on July 18,
1852, and died in LaSalle, Illinois, on February 11, 1919. After receiving his Ph.D. degree
in philosophy and classical philology from Tubingen University in 1876, he taught briefly
at the State Military Academy at Dresden. In search of freedom for expression of his independent views, he migrated first to England and then to the United States. In 1887, he
accepted the invitation of Edward C. Hegeler (who later became his father-in-law) to edit
the Open Court Magazine, a monthly journal devoted primarily to comparative religion.
In 1888, The Monist was established as a quarterly journal of the philosophy of science,
and Paul Carus served as editor of both journal and as editor of the Open Court
Publishing Company until his death in 1919.
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THE MONIST, Vol. 71, No. 1
Copyright © 1988, The Hegeler Institute
La Salle, Illinois 61301
Published by The Hegeler Institute
with the assistance of the School of Philosophy, University of Southern California.
VOL. 71, NO. 1
JANUARY 1988
EDITOR EMERITUS: Eugene Freeman
ADVISORY EDITOR: John Ahrens
MANAGING EDITOR: SherwoodJ. B. Sugden
EDITOR: John Hospers
GENERAL TOPIC:
Philosophical Problems of Space Exploration
ARTICLES:
DONALD SCHERER
A Disentropic Ethic
3
BONNIE STEINBOCK
Progress and the Value of Space: Two Views
33
ANTHONY J. GRAYBOSCH
The Ethics of Space-Based Ballistic Missile Defense
45
LAURENCE THOMAS
Moral Behavior and Rational Creatures of the Universe
59
ARNOLD BERLEANT & SARAH B. FOWLER
Space by Design: Aesthetic and Moral
Issues in Planning Space Communities
72
ANTHONY WESTON
Radio Astronomy as Epistemology: Some
Philosophical Reflections on the Contemporary
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
88
DEL RATZSCH
Space Travel and Challenges to Religion
101
FREDRIC C. YOUNG
Labor Relations in Space:
An Essay in Extraterrestrial Business Ethics
114
BOOKS RECEIVED
130
AUTHORS' ABSTRACTS OF RECENT BOOKS
133
1988
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