The Tanner Lectures on Human Values: Volume 2, 1981 - Rilegato

 
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Sinossi

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

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Descrizione del libro

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 II examines the sources of our values, seeking in our own experience the resources that will enable us to understand our society more fully.

Contenuti

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values; The founding trustees; The advisory commission; Preface to Volume II; 1. Arms control and peace research Raymond Aron; 2. So countries have moral obligations? The case of world poverty Brian Barry; 3. Morality and consequences Jonathan Bennett; 4. Children as moral observers Robert Coles; 5. Economics or ethics George J. Stiegler; 6. The twilight of self-reliance: frontier values and contemporary America Wallace Stegner; 7. Omnes et singulatim: towards a criticism of 'political reason' Michel Foucault; The Tanner Lecturers.

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Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0874801931 ISBN 13:  9780874801934
Casa editrice: Univ of Utah Pr, 2003
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