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9780874808957 Academic Inspection Copy

The Tanner Lectures Vol 27

  • ISBN-13: 9780874808957
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH PRESS
  • Edited by Grethe Peterson
  • Price: AUD $89.99
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  • Local release date: 28/09/2007
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 294 pages Weight: 673g
  • Categories: Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ]
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The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, founded July 1, 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, was established by the American scholar, industrialist, and philanthropist Obert Clark Tanner. Lectureships are awarded to outstanding scholars or leaders in broadly defined fields of human values, and transcend ethnic, national, religious, or ideological distinctions. Volume 27 features lectures given by Ruth Reichl, James Q. Wilson, Marshall Sahlins, David Brion Davis, Allan Gibbard, and Margaret H. Marshall.
Grethe B. Peterson is director of the Tanner Lectures on Human Values. She lives in Park City, Utah.
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation: David Brion Davis, Yale University Thinking How to Live with Each Other: Allan Gibbard, University of Michigan Tension and Intention: The American Constitutions and the Shaping of Democracies Abroad: Margaret Marshall, Massachusetts Supreme Court Why Food Matters: Ruth Reichl, Gourmet Hierarchy, Equality, and the Sublimation of Anarchy: The Western Illusion of Human Nature: Marshall Sahlins, University of Chicago Politics and Polarization and Religion and Polarization: James Q. Wilson, Pepperdine University
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