Understanding philanthropy [electronic resource] : its meaning and mission / Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody.
Series: Philanthropic and nonprofit studiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 205 pISBN:- 0253350492 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780253000132
- 9780253350497 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 177/.7 22
- BJ1533.P5 P39 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-198) and index.
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction: why this book? -- Voluntary action for the public good -- Because things go wrong: philanthropy as a response to the human problematic -- The world can be made better: philanthropy as moral action -- The social history of the moral imagination -- Philanthropy, democracy, and the future -- Notes -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.
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