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. Volume IX includes: LAURENCE H. TRIBE 'On Reading the Constitution'; ROGER J. BULGER 'On Hippocrates, Thomas Jefferson and Weber: The Bureaucratic, Technologic Imperatives and the Future of the Healing Tradition in a Voluntary Society'; JON ELSTER 'Taming Chance: Randomization in Individual and Social Decisions'; GISELA STRIKER 'Greek Ethics and Moral Theory'; F. VAN ZYL SLABBERT 'The Dynamics of Reform and Revolt in Current South Africa'; JOSEPH BRODSKY 'A Place as Good as Any'; LOUIS BLOM-cOOPER 'The Penalty of Imprisonment'.
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The Tanner Lectures on Human Values; The trustees; Preface to Volume X; 1. On Reading the Constitution Laurence H. Tribe; 2. On Hippocrates, Thomas Jefferson and Weber: The Bureaucratic, Technologic Imperatives and the Future of the Healing Tradition in a Voluntary Society ROGER J. BULGER; 3. Taming Chance: Randomization in Individual and Social Decisions JON ELSTER; 4. Greek Ethics and Moral Theory GISELA STRIKER; 5. The Dynamics of Reform and Revolt in Current South Africa F. VAN ZYL SLABBERT; 6. A Place as Good as Any JOSEPH BRODSKY; 7. The Penalty of Imprisonment LOUIS BLOM-COOPER.
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A prestigious series of lectures that are international and intercultural, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521176392
Publisert
2011-06-02
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
540 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
20 mm
Dybde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
388
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