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Informationen zum Autor edited by Jerome B. Schneewind Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Portrays the evolution of thinking about and practicing voluntary giving. This volume takes up such question as if we lived in a just world, would there be any need for charity? It brings together varied perspectives on charity constituting a studying how we see ourselves in connection with others. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
