Giving: Western ideas of philanthropy
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press ©1996
Series:Philanthropic studies
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index
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 / Suzanne 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 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 : choice in international charity / Alex Rondos
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 230 pages)
ISBN:0253330726
0585225710
9780585225715

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