Millard Everett

From Philosopedia

Everett, Millard S(penser) (Born 1897)

When he wrote reviews for The Humanist, Everett was a professor of philosophy and humanities at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College (now called Oklahoma State University).

In 1999, Allan Turner disagreed strongly with Everett's view in Ideals of Life,

• My personal feeling . . . is that eventually, when public opinion is prepared for it, no child should be admitted into society of the living who would be certain to suffer any social handicap - for example, any physical or mental defect that would prevent marriage or would make others tolerate his company only from a sense of mercy.

Turner, writing against the “medicalization of killing” that has taken place in American culture, cited views similar to Everett's by Nobel winners James D. Watson and Francis Crick. He argued that "the Christian, who is called upon by God's Word to out-think, out-live, and out-die the pagans around him, is a moral absolutist. As such, he is convinced that the Scriptures provide the moral absolutes that guide him in every decision he must make in this life. (If you are a Christian and you do not think this is true, then you are not a faithful Christian - see Colossians 3:17.)

Everett, who openly wrote books as a relativist and humanist, likely did not read Turner's argument for absolutism.

Books

Everett wrote the following books:

An English Manual for High Schools and Junior Colleges (1926)

Utilitarianism as a Universal Morality (1929)

Marital Hygiene" (1930)

Civilization in the Making: A History of Intellectual and Social Progress (1935)

A History of Scientific Progress" (1935)

The Road to Civilization" (1935)

Ethics in a Democracy and Democracy in Ethics (1938)

The Hygiene of Marriage, A Detailed Consideration of Sex and Marriage (1943)

Ethics for Modern Nurses, Professional Adjustments (1946, with Katharine Densford)

Preparation for Marriage (1948)

Ideals of Life: An Introduction to Ethics and the Humanities (1954)