The Tanner Lectures on Human Values

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-17642-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

Reihe: Tanner Lectures in Human Values

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. The lecturers of Volume II, originally published in 1981, examine the sources of our values, seeking in our own experience the resources that will enable us to understand our society more fully.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McMurrin

McMurrin, Sterling M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values; The founding trustees; The advisory commission; Preface to Volume II; 1. Arms control and peace research Raymond Aron; 2. So countries have moral obligations? The case of world poverty Brian Barry; 3. Morality and consequences Jonathan Bennett; 4. Children as moral observers Robert Coles; 5. Economics or ethics George J. Stiegler; 6. The twilight of self-reliance: frontier values and contemporary America Wallace Stegner; 7. Omnes et singulatim: towards a criticism of 'political reason' Michel Foucault; The Tanner Lecturers.