The Tanner Lectures on Human Values VI: Volume 6 (Tanner Lectures in Human Values) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521176476 ISBN 13: 9780521176477

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 VI, originally published in 1985, responsibility is a recurring theme; responsibility toward ideas and ideals as well as toward 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. In Volume VI, originally published in 1985, responsibility is a recurring theme; responsibility toward ideas and ideals as well as toward society.

About the Author

STERLING M. MCMURRIN was the first person to be designated a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah and he was the first recipient of the university's Rosenblatt Prize. His many publications include Religion, Reason, and Truth: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Religion.

STERLING M. MCMURRIN was the first person to be designated a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah and he was the first recipient of the university's Rosenblatt Prize. His many publications include Religion, Reason, and Truth: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521176476
• ISBN 13: 9780521176477
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: McMurrin Sterling M.