CHIARA CORDeLLI make donations domestically? Call it the question of kind. A second
question concerns how individuals (or foundations) should make these donations. Should …

The central argument of this chapter is that philanthropy is losing whatever transformative
potential it possessed as it moves further away from its original meaning as 'love of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A thought-provoking challenge to our ideas about philanthropy, marking it as a deeply
political activity that allows the wealthy to dictate more than we think. Philanthropy plays a …

Is voluntary provision superior to taxed redistribution? Work on philanthropy typically
valorizes noncoerced, private action and presumes that coercion is something to avoid. So …

This chapter discusses the nature of affluent agents' duties toward those whose basic
interests are threatened by severe poverty. 1 By “severe poverty,” I mean falling below the …

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 …

The aim of this paper is to present and evaluate a specific critical discussion of Peter
Singer's view on philanthropy. This critique of Singer's position takes several forms, and …