The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
There are no Tanner Lectures
scheduled during 2007-2008
2008-2009 Tanner Lectures
Michael Tomasello
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology
October 29-31, 2008
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The
Program in Ethics in Society is honored to collaborate with
The Office of the President and provide the important Tanner
Lectures to the Stanford Community.
Appointment as a Tanner lecturer is recognition for uncommon
achievement and outstanding abilities in the field of human
values. The lecturers may be elicited from philosophy, religion,
the humanities, the sciences, the creative arts, and learned
professions, or from leadership in public or private affairs.
The lectureships are international and intercultural and transcend
ethnic, national, religious, and ideological distinctions.
The
purpose of the Tanner Lectures is to advance and reflect upon
the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values.
This intention embraces the entire range of values pertinent
to the human condition, interest, behavior, and aspiration.
The lectures are published in an annual volume.
The
Tanner Lectures were established by the American scholar, industrialist,
and philanthropist, Obert Clark Tanner. In creating the lectureships,
Professor Tanner said, "I hope these lectures will contribute
to the intellectual and moral life of mankind. I see them simply
as a search for a better understanding of human behavior and
human values. This understanding may be pursued for its own
intrinsic worth, but it may also eventually have practical consequences
for the quality of personal and social life."
The
Lectures on Human Values are an authentic expression of the
personalities and interests of Obert and Grace Tanner - their
moral integrity, their generosity and compassion, their concern
for peace and the public good, their commitment to reason and
knowledge, their love of science, the arts and the humanities,
and their passion for life.
Both
of the Tanners are of British ancestry, descended from early
Mormon pioneers. Grace's interests inclined toward the sciences,
especially biology and anthropology, fields where she has contributed
generously. Obert studied at the University of Utah in philosophy
and law. After receiving his law degree, he pursued philosophy
at both Harvard University and Stanford University. At Stanford
he was appointed to the faculty in religion as well as acting
chaplain.
Stanford
is proud to be one of the nine distinguished universities to
host the Tanner Lectures. The Tanner lectureships, which are
comprised of annual lectures and seminars, are held at nine
universities including Cambridge, Harvard, Michigan, Oxford,
Princeton, The University of California, Utah, Yale, and Stanford.
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Information
on Prior Tanner Lectures
2006-2007 Tanner, Glenn Loury
2005-2006 Tanner, David Brion Davis
2004-2005 Tanner, Avishai Margalit
2003-2004 Tanner, Harry Frankfurt
2002-2003 Tanner, Mary Robinson
2001-2002 Tanner, Paul Krugman
