Giving
Western Ideas of Philanthropy
Published on 22. November 1996
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-253-33072-7 (ISBN)
Description
What ways do we have for understanding charity and philanthropy? How do we come to think in these ways? In this volume, historians of antiquity, the middle ages, early modern thought, and the Victorian era discuss the evolution of thinking about and practicing voluntary giving, taking up some inescapable questions about charity.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
5 b&w photos, 6 figures
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-33072-7 (9780253330727)
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Person
J. B. SCHNEEWIND is Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He is author of Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy, and is completing a study of the history of moral philosophy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Content
Acknowledgments
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
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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
Bibliography
Contributors
Index