Understanding philanthropy: its meaning and mission

Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Why This Book? 2. Voluntary Action for the Public Good 3. Because Things Go Wrong: Philanthropy as a Response to the Human Problematic 4. The World Can Be Made Better: Philanthropy as Moral Action 5. The Social History of the Moral Imagination 6. Philanthropy, Democracy, and the Future Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index