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We make a life by what we give / Richard B. Gunderman.
Van Pelt Library BJ1533.G4 G85 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gunderman, Richard B.
- Series:
- Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generosity.
- Sharing.
- Altruism.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 202 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Imagining philanthropy
- The golden rule
- Four gifts
- The potential to share
- The good samaritan
- Egoism, altruism, and service
- Doing well by doing good
- Idealists and realists
- What are we part of?
- The seven deadly sins
- Materialist philanthropy
- Whoever has will receive more
- Hoarding and sharing
- Lessons from the least
- Lower and higher
- Who is expendable?
- How much and how well?
- Are we hospitable?
- Rules and aspirations
- Suffering
- Treasure in earthen vessels
- Ethics and metaphysics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253350763
- 025335076X
- 9780253219596
- 0253219590
- OCLC:
- 173748373
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