The Tanner Lectures on Human Values

A prestigious series of lectures that are international and intercultural, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions.

Klappentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
Established to reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values, the Tanner Lectures on Human Values is the annual publication of lectures given at various universities around the world. This first volume, originally published in 1980, explores valuation on many levels of our physical and intellectual environments.

Inhalt
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.

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