Patricia Illingworth’s short, powerful and passionate book argues that ‘social capital’ should be an essential ethical concept guiding our actions, and explains how one might go about implementing this idea in a positive way.
Tabella dei contenuti
Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Making a Difference The Heart of the Matter The Ethics of Us The Moral Sweet Spot With a Little Help from the Law Giving Back Global People Notes References IndexCirca l’autore
PATRICIA ILLINGWORTH is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and in the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University, USA, where she is also a Lecturer in Law. Professor Illingworth has held fellowships at Harvard Law School and at Harvard Medical School. She is the author ofAIDS and the Good Society and
Trusting Medicine: The Moral Costs of Managed Care, and a co-editor of
The Power of Pills and
Ethical Healthcare. She is also co-editor with Thomas Pogge and Leif Wenar, of
Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 264 ● ISBN 9780230355095 ● Dimensione 1.8 MB ● Casa editrice Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Città London ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5048061 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale