The Tanner lectures on human values

Author(s)

• Ashby, Eric
• Sen, Amartya Kumar
• McMurrin, Sterling M.

Bibliographic Information

The Tanner lectures on human values

Cambridge University Press, 2011

• 1. 1980 : pbk
• 7. 1986 : pbk

Note

"First published by the Tanner Lectures on Human Values 1980. First paperback edition by Cambridge University Press 2011"--T.p. verso

"First published by the Tanner Lectures on Human Values 1986. First paperback edition by Cambridge University Press 2011"--T.p. verso

1. 1980 [lectured by] Eric Ashby, Edward O. Wilson, Thomas Nagel, Karl Popper, R. M. Hare, Amartya Sen, and Joel Feinberg ; Sterling M. McMurrin, editor. 7. 1986 [lectured by] Amartya Sen, Michael Slote, Barrington Moore, Jr.,Quentin Skinner, Clifford Geerts ; Sterlin M. McMurriin, editor

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

1. 1980 : pbk ISBN 9780521176415

Description

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is the annual publication of the Tanner lectures given at Clare Hall, Cambridge University; Brasenose College, Oxford University; Harvard University; Yale University, the University of California; Stanford University, the University of Michigan; and the University of Utah and other locations. Established to reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values, the lectureships are international and intercultural, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions. Appointment as a Tanner lecturer is a recognition of uncommon capabilities and outstanding scholarly or leadership achievement in the field of human values. This first volume of lectures, originally published in 1980, explores valuation on many levels of our physical and intellectual environments.

Table of Contents

• The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
• The founding trustees
• The advisory commission
• Preface to Volume I
• 1. The search for an environmental ethic Eric Ashby
• 2. Comparative social theory Edward O. Wilson
• 3. The limits of objectivity Thomas Nagel
• 4. Three worlds Karl Popper
• 5. Moral conflicts R. M. Hare
• 6. Equality of what? Amartya Sen
• 7. Voluntary euthanasia and the inalienable right to life Joel Feinberg.

Volume

7. 1986 : pbk ISBN 9780521176484

Description

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is the annual publication of the Tanner lectures given at Clare Hall, Cambridge University; Brasenose College, Oxford University; Harvard University; Yale University, the University of California; Stanford University, the University of Michigan; and the University of Utah and other locations. Established to reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values, the lectureships are international and intercultural, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions. Appointment as a Tanner lecturer is a recognition of uncommon capabilities and outstanding scholarly or leadership achievement in the field of human values. Originally published in 1986, Volume VII provides a panoramic view of a number of the most vital issues facing society.

Table of Contents

• The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
• The trustees
• Preface to Volume VII
• 1. The standard of living Amartya Sen
• 2. Moderation, rationality and virtue Michael Slote
• 3. Authority and inequality under capitalism and socialism Marrington Moore, Jr.
• 4. The paradoxes of political liberty Quentin Skinner
• 5. The uses of diversity Clifford Geetz
• The Tanner Lecturers
• Index to Volume VII.

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Details

• NCID: BB07832873
• ISBN:
  • 9780521176415
  • 9780521176484
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 121.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Values