The Tanner Lectures on Human Values

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

Grethe B. Peterson (Edited by)

9780521176385, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 April 2011

290 pages
23.4 x 1.5 x 15.6 cm, 0.41 kg

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is the annual publication of 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 as well as 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. This Volume X, first published in 1989, includes: ALBERT O. HIRSCHMAN 'Two Hundred Years of Reactionary Rhetoric: The Case of the Perverse Effect'; ROBERT A. DAHL 'The Pseudodemocratization of the American Presidency'; JAVIER MUGUERZA 'The Alternative of Dissent'; WILLIAM THEODORE DE BARY 'The Trouble with Confucianism'; ANTHONY QUINTON 'The Varieties of Value'; BARRY STROUD 'The Study of Human Nature and the Subjectivity of Value'.

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
The trustees
Preface to Volume X
1. Two hundred years of reactionary rhetoric: the case of the perverse effect Albert O. Hirschman
2. The pseudodemocratization of the American Presidency Robert A. Dahl
3. The alternative of dissent Javier Muguerza
4. The trouble with confucianism Wm. Theodore de Bary
5. The varieties of value Anthony Quinton
The study of human nature and the subjectivity of value Barry Stroud
Tanner lecturers
Index to Volume X.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]