The '''Tanner Lectures on Human Values''' is a multiversitymulti-university lecture series in the [[humanities]], founded in 1978, at [[Clare Hall, Cambridge|Clare Hall, Cambridge University]], by the American scholar [[Obert Clark Tanner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tanner Lectures and Philosophy |publisher=University of Utah Press |url=http://www.uofupress.com/store/page23.html |accessdate=2007-10-16 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070522035643/http://www.uofupress.com/store/page23.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-05-22}}</ref> In founding the lecture, he defined their purpose as follows:<ref name=main>{{cite web |title=The Lectures |publisher=University of Utah |url=https://tannerlectures.utah.edu/overview/lectures.php |accessdate=2018-07-08}}</ref>
{{quote|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.}}
