By Robert L. Payton
ISBN-10: 0253000130
ISBN-13: 9780253000132
ISBN-10: 0253350492
ISBN-13: 9780253350497
Philanthropy has existed in a variety of varieties in all cultures and civilizations all through background, but most folks recognize little approximately it and its exact position in our lives. Why does philanthropy exist? Why do humans so frequently flip to philanthropy once we intend to make the realm a greater position? In essence, what is philanthropy? those primary questions are tackled during this enticing and unique publication. Written through one of many founding figures within the box of philanthropic stories, Robert L. Payton, and his former scholar sociologist Michael P. Moody, realizing Philanthropy provides a brand new state of mind concerning the which means and venture of philanthropy. Weaving jointly obtainable theoretical reasons with interesting examples of philanthropic motion, this e-book advances key scholarly debates approximately philanthropy and gives practitioners a fashion of explaining the cause for his or her nonprofit efforts. (2009)
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While this public good purpose might be mixed in with other, even selfish reasons for action, the action should be considered philanthropic, in our view, if it is voluntary and if it is seen by the actor as action to achieve the public good—or at least a public good. ” A useful way to classify these objectives is to boil them down to two general types: (1) to relieve the suffering of others for whom one has no formal or legal responsibility, and (2) to improve the quality of life in the community, however one defines that idea.
A Broad, Affirmative Conception of Philanthropy We started this book with the assertion that the concept of philanthropy is a multiplicity. In fact, when we dig deeper we see that our basic definition itself embraces this multiplicity. “Voluntary action,” as we define it, encompasses both voluntary giving and voluntary service, the former usually 28 / Understanding Philanthropy referring to gifts of money and the latter to gifts of time. But we also include voluntary association as a third form of voluntary action.
A useful way to classify these objectives is to boil them down to two general types: (1) to relieve the suffering of others for whom one has no formal or legal responsibility, and (2) to improve the quality of life in the community, however one defines that idea. —of a community, however big or small. The range of specific philanthropic activities designed to achieve one or the other of these objectives is diverse, from direct service to organizing to fund-raising to advocacy. But both of these objectives have a prominent moral dimension; that is, they require intervening in other people’s lives presumably for their benefit in some way.