The Tanner Lectures on Human Values III: Volume 3 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521176433 ISBN 13: 9780521176439

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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. In Volume III, originally published in 1982, lecturers from several fields explore the possibilities for the practical application of a number of theoretical approaches to the towering problems of values and the challenges of modern society.

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Book Description

Established to reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values, the Tanner Lectures are given annually at various universities around the world. Volume III explores the possibilities for the practical application of a number of theoretical approaches to the towering problems of values and the challenges of modern society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521176433
• ISBN 13: 9780521176439
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: McMurrin Sterling