Tanner Lectures on Human Values - Lectures on Human Value

Klappentext A prestigious series of lectures that are international and intercultural, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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• Authors: PETERSON, Grethe Peterson, Grethe B. Peterson
• Assisted by: Grethe B. Peterson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521176392
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17639-2
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Tanner Lectures in Human Value
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works