Tackles fundamental questions about philanthropy's place in society
Robert L. Payton is Professor Emeritus of Philanthropic Studies and was the first director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. He is author of Philanthropy: Voluntary Action for the Public Good.
Michael P. Moody is Assistant Professor in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California. He is a cultural sociologist whose work focuses on the theory and practice of philanthropy.
Preface and Acknowledgments
p. ix
Introduction: Why This Book?
p. 1
Voluntary Action for the Public Good
p. 27
Because Things Go Wrong: Philanthropy as a Response to the Human Problematic
p. 62
The World Can Be Made Better: Philanthropy as Moral Action
p. 96
The Social History of the Moral Imagination
p. 131
Philanthropy, Democracy, and the Future
p. 155
Notes
p. 175
Suggestions for further reading
p. 197
Index
p. 199
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