Good Intentions
Moral Obstacles and Opportunities
It seems self-evident that giving is a good thing. But there are profoundarguments against a social stress on giving, many of them couched in the language ofjustice. In this book, scholars from a variety of fields associated withphilanthropy discuss the moral issues surrounding efforts to do good. The chaptersare arranged in five parts: Important Exemplars, Deciding Whom toHelp, Issues for Religious Communities, The Importance andInsufficiency of Charity, and Retrospect andProspect.The contributors are David M. Craig, Elliot N.Dorff, David C. Hammack, Amy A. Kass, John Langan, S.J., Paul Pribbenow, Paul G.Schervish, David H. Smith, William M.…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-34531-8
- EAN: 9780253345318
- Produktnummer: 1385188
- Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.9 cm 571 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 571
Über den Autor
David H. Smith is former Nelson Poynter Senior Scholar, Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, and Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.
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