Giving Well

NOTE EDITORE

So long as large segments of humanity are suffering chronic poverty and are dying from treatable diseases, organized giving can save or enhance millions of lives. With the law providing little guidance, ethics has a crucial role to play in ensuring that the philanthropic practices of individuals, foundations, NGOs, governments, and international agencies are morally sound and effective. In Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy, an accomplished trio of editors bring together an international group of distinguished philosophers, social scientists, lawyers and practitioners to identify and address the most urgent moral questions arising today in the practice of philanthropy. The topics discussed include the psychology of giving, the reasons for and against a duty to give, the accountability of NGOs and foundations, the questionable marketing practices of some NGOs, the moral priorities that should inform NGO decisions about how to target and design their projects, the good and bad effects of aid, and the charitable tax deduction along with the water's edge policy now limiting its reach. This ground-breaking volume can help bring our practice of charity closer to meeting the vital needs of the millions worldwide who depend on voluntary contributions for their very lives.

SOMMARIO

1. - What Should A Billionaire Give - and What Should You?2. - Obligations of Justice and Beneficence to Aid the Severely Poor3. - How International NGOs Should Act4. - The Valmont Effect: The Warm-Glow Theory of Philanthropy5. - Aiding the World's Poor: New Challenges for Donor States6. - Poverty is No Pond: Challenges for the Affluent7. - Ethics in Translation: Principles and Power in the Philanthropic Encounter8. - Global Philanthropy and Global Governance: The Problematic Moral Legitimacy of the Relationship between Global Civil Society and the United Nations9. - Toward a Political Theory of Philanthropy10. - Giving Back: Norms, Ethics and Law in the Service of Philanthropy11. - The Funder as Founder: Ethical Considerations of the Creation of Nonprofit Organizations12. - The Unfulfilled Promise of Corporate Philanthropy

AUTORE

Patricia Illingworth is Professor of Philosophy, Northeastern University Thomas Pogge is Professor of Political Science, Yale University Leif Wenar is Professor of Philosophy, Sheffield University

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199739073
• Dimensioni: 163 x 27.9 x 236 mm Ø 624 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 320