Understanding philanthropy: its meaning and mission

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.

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.