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Understanding philanthropy [electronic resource] : its meaning and mission / Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody.

By: Payton, Robert L.
Contributor(s): Moody, Michael P | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Philanthropic and nonprofit studies: Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008Description: xiv, 205 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Charity | Charities | HumanitarianismGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 177/.7 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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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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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.