Description
Book SynopsisPortrays the evolution of thinking about and practicing voluntary giving. This volume takes up such question as if we lived in a just world, would there be any need for charity? It brings together varied perspectives on charity constituting a studying how we see ourselves in connection with others.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction by Robert L. Payton
1. Philanthropy as a Virtue in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages-Scott Davis
2. Contexts of Charity in the Middle Ages: Religious, Social, and Civic-Susanne Roberts
3. Philosophical Ideas of Charity: Some Historical Reflections-J. B. Schneewind
4. The Philanthropic Perspective after a Hundred Years-Alan Ryan
5. Charity, Justice, and the Idea of a Moral Progress-Allen Buchanan
6. Losses and Gains-Mary Douglas
7. Motivation, Cognition, and Charitable Giving-Robert Frank
8. Philanthropy in the African-American Experience-Adrienne Lash Jones
9. "Human Communion" or a Free Lunch: School Dinners in Victorian and Edwardian London-Ellen Ross
10. Compromising to Achieve: Choices in International Charity-Alex Rondos
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Contributors
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