Good Intentions - Moral Obstacles and Opportunities

Informationen zum Autor David H. Smith is former Nelson Poynter Senior Scholar, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, and Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. Klappentext Werhane. Zusammenfassung A stimulating book on the questions of whom -- and how -- to help. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction: Doing Good David H. Smith I. Important Exemplars 1. The Invisible Gifts of Booker T. Washington Amy A. Kass 2. Common Work: Jane Addams on Citizenship and Philanthropy Paul Pribbenow II. Deciding Whom to Help 3. The Give and Take of Philanthropy David M. Craig 4. Focused Fairness in Philanthropy Patricia H. Werhane III. Issues for Religious Communities 5. Nonprofits and Morals: Jewish Perspectives and Methods for Resolving Some Commonly Occurring Moral Issues Elliot N. Dorff 6. Philanthropy's Inconstant Friend, Religion Philip Turner IV. The Importance and Insufficiency of Charity 7. The Sense and Sensibility of Philanthropy as a Moral Citizenship of Care Paul G. Schervish 8. Philanthropy, Charity, Subsidiarity, and Solidarity: A Basis for Understanding Philanthropy in Catholic Social Teaching John Langan, S. J. V. Retrospect and Prospect 9. Donors, Intermediaries, and Beneficiaries: The Changing Moral Dynamics of American Nonprofit Organizations David C. Hammack 10. Philanthropy in Question William M. Sullivan Postscript: An Ongoing Conversation David H. Smith Contributors Index

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• Authors: David H. Smith
• Assisted by: Edited by David H Smith (Editor), David Smith (Editor), David H Smith (Editor), David H. Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2005
• EAN: 9780253345318
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34531-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit St; Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies; Philanthropic and Nonprofit St; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries