Word: muelder
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William E. Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Percy W. Bridgman '04, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and Walter G. Muelder, Dean of the Boston University School of Theology, were on the panel. Lon L. Fuller, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence was moderator...
...Dean Muelder agreed with Hocking that conflicting ideologies must be reconciled. He told the forum that "agreement is not identity of cultural dress," and warned that "we must distinguish between what values bind men together" in a workable manner...
...Social science contributes much to answer these problems, Dean Muelder said in explaining how science can enable man to reach moral judgments. He commended its work in studying how men can live better together and added that "the last word is not yet in from social science...
...There is no other intelligence but rationality," continued Muelder, holding that man can be self-sufficient in a rational ethic. He decried intuitional revelations. "Non-rational factors, however, deserve our consideration," he maintained, praising the insight of great minds. Insight must still be respected...
Hocking will present the philosopher's ideas, and Bridgeman, Nobel Prize winner in Physics, the scientist's technique. Dean Muelder, member of the Civil Liberties Union and author of "An Historic Outline of the Bible," is expected to present both a religious and social interpretation of the problem...