The Tanner Lectures on Human Values Series

7 primary works • 7 total works
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is a multi-university lecture series in the humanities, established in 1976 by the American philanthropist and scholar Obert Clark Tanner. The purpose of the Tanner Lectures is to advance and reflect upon the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values.

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The Trouble with Confucianism
4.00
· 11 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1991 · 7 editions
In Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and other part…
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American Citizenship: The Quest for Inclusion
3.61
· 66 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1991 · 8 editions
In this illuminating look at what constitutes Amer…
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Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life
3.88
· 82 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2000 · 2 editions
Separated by millennia, Aristotle and Sigmund Freu…
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Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership
Theories of social justice are necessarily abstrac…
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The Decline and Fall of the American Republic
4.14
· 87 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2010 · 14 editions
Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamic…
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A Case for Irony
4.02
· 44 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2011 · 8 editions
In 2001, Vanity Fair declared that the Age of Iron…
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Citizens Divided: Campaign Finance Reform and the Constitution
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Citizens Unite…
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