The Tanner Lectures on Human Values IX: Volume 9 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0521176395 ISBN 13: 9780521176392

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Riassunto

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 is the annual publication of lectures given at various universities around the world. 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.

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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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521176395
• ISBN 13: 9780521176392
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 388
• Redattore: Peterson Grethe B.