Responsibilities of Wealth - 2nd Annual Symposium on Philanthropy : Papers

Informationen zum Autor DWIGHT F. BURLINGAME is Associate Director for Academic Programs and Research at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. Klappentext Topics include the "ethics of responsibility," liberal and corporate philanthropy, the contrast between Jane Addams's and Carnegie's views of the responsibilities of wealth, and the religious roots of philanthropy. Zusammenfassung Do the rich have responsibilities toward society in the use of their wealth for the public good? This volume explores that question. It includes Andrew Carnegie's touchstone essay, "The Gospel of Wealth," in which Carnegie enjoined his fellow millionaires to act as trustees to the poor. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE The Gospel of Wealth: Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie and His Gospel of Philanthropy: A study in the Ethics of Responsibility Barry D. Karl Aristotle and the Ethics of Philanthropy: Albert Anderson Philanthropy under Capitalism: Jonathan Riley A Business Man's Philanthropic Creed: A Centennial Perspective on Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth: Kenneth Fox Jan Addam's Views on the Responsibilities of Wealth: Louise W. Knight God and Money: Robert L. Payton CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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• Authors: Dwight F. Burlingame
• Assisted by: Dwight F. Burlingame (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.1992
• EAN: 9780253312792
• ISBN: 978-0-253-31279-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Philanthropic and Nonprofit St; Indiana Studies in Biblical Li
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics