WHAT ROLE DOES PHILANTHROPY OR CHARITY PLAY IN CARING FOR the needs of
strangers? What role should it play? By traini a philosopher, and my aim is to provide a …

In giving to charity, should we strive to do the greatest good or promote a lesser good that
we care more about? On such issues, ethical theory can have momentous practical effects …

Though many people have been persuaded that these are genuine moral principles, others
have been unconvinced. They argue that these principles are too demanding: if we followed …

It is not as if profound complications in our understanding of human action have not been
long recognized; we surely understand that human motivations are so complicated that our …

MY SUBJECT HAS two aspects: philosophical and historical. Philosophically, I suggest that
turn-of-the-century arguments about philanthropy can still illuminate conventional moral …

“A fine volume on the moral meaning and function of philanthropy… makes the case that
philanthropy is essential to democratic society.”—Choice Philanthropy has existed in various …

Should we stop spending money on things we do not really need and send the money
instead to groups that aid victims of absolute poverty? Garrett Cullity and Peter Unger have …

In the face of widespread poverty, Peter Singer argues that the best response is giving
money to charitable organizations that give aid to the poor. In response, much criticism has …

The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to
today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for …