Author's Bio              Herbert Hermann Hilbig (b. Dessau, Germany), world citizen, living in the good old USA   Education/Writings/Patents Ph.D. Philosophy 2001, Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica. Per Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc. 14 March 2002, Reference 136143/SMF Advisor: Dr. Timothy Madigan/University of Rochester, New York State. Dissertation (732KB):             Would a Theory of Justice Grounded in Empirical Moral Argument                                               Facilitate               The Autonomous Citizen and Thus a Functional Democracy?   M.A. Philosophy 1999, Arizona State University Thesis: A Critique of Rawls' and Nozick's Theories of Justice   B.A. Summa Cum Laude Philosophy 1997, Northern Arizona University Senior Thesis: Towards a Just Social Order: The Philosophy of Alan Gewirth   A.A. with honors 1996, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona Independent Study: A Philosophy of Life Grounded in the Sciences.   I have taught at Yavapai College: PHI 101: Intro to Philosophy PHI 103: Intro to Logic PHI 111: Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy PHI 299: Independent Studies in Epistemology and Phenomenology   I have taught for Northern Arizona University: PHI  359: Philosophy of Science HUM 371: Humanistic Values in a Technological Society HUM 382: World Perspectives in Humanities: The Growth of Self-Understanding               from Goethe via Hegel, Nietzsche, and Freud to W. A. Kaufmann   Author of A World-Class Education Writing full time, 2003-2010, on account of required research and further studying.   U.S. and foreign patents in the fields of electro mechanics and electro chemistry.   National Technical Diploma in Industrial Engineering Republic of South Africa   Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Christiani/Konstanz, Germany   Apprenticeship as Toolmaker (Dreher) Philippsburg, Germany