Understanding philanthropy its meaning and mission / [electronic resource] :
Robert L. Payton and Michael P. Moody.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
- xiv, 205 p. ; 25 cm.
- Philanthropic and nonprofit studies .
- Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. .
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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