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

 
9780521176439: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values III: Volume 3

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

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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.

Contenuti

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values; The founding trustees; The advisory commission; Preface to Volume III; 1. The basic liberties and their priority John Rawls; 2. Is liberty possible? Charles Fried; 3. The representative arts as a source of truth John Passmore; 4. A writer from Chicago Saul Bellow; 5. Drugs and the brain and society Solomon H. Snyder; 6. The arms race Joan Robinson; The Tanner Lecturers; Index of names.

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