The Tanner Lectures On Human Values,9780874808261

The Tanner Lectures On Human Values

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ISBN13: 9780874808261
ISBN10: 087480826X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-06-30
Publisher(s): Univ of Utah Pr
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Summary

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 25 features lectures given by Frans B.M. de Waal, Richard Dawkins, Christine M. Korsgaard, Seyla Benhabib, and Harry Frankfurt.

Table of Contents

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values v
The Trustees vii
Preface to Volume 25 ix
Frans B.M. de Waal
Morality and the Social Instincts: Continuity with the Other Primates
1(40)
Richard Dawkins
I. The Science of Religion
41(17)
II. The Religion of Science
58(19)
Christine M. Korsgaard
Fellow Creatures: Kantian Ethics and Our Duties to Animals
77(34)
Seyla Benhabib
Reclaiming Universalism: Negotiating Republican Self-Determination and Cosmopolitan Norms
111(56)
Harry Frankfurt
I. Taking Ourselves Seriously
167(18)
II. Getting It Right
185(18)
The Tanner Lectures 203

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