The Tyranny of Generosity
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-761141-8 (ISBN)
In The Tyranny of Generosity, Theodore Lechterman shows how this private power can threaten the foundations of a democratic society. The deployment of private wealth for public ends may rival the authority of communities to determine their own affairs. And, in societies characterized by wide disparities in wealth, philanthropy often combines with background inequalities to make public decisions overwhelmingly sensitive to the preferences of the rich. Allowing private wealth to dictate social outcomes collides with core commitments of a democratic society, a society in which people are supposed to determine their common affairs together, on equal terms.
But why exactly is democracy valuable? How should these values be weighed against the liberty of donors and the many social benefits that philanthropy promises? Lechterman explores these questions by examining various topics in the practice of philanthropy: the respective roles of philanthropy and government, public subsidies for private giving, the use of donations for political speech, instruments of perpetual giving, the rise in giving by commercial corporations, and "effective altruism" as a guide for individual giving. These studies build to a surprising conclusion: realizing the democratic ideal may be impossible without philanthropy--but making philanthropy safe for democracy also requires fundamental changes to policy and practice.
Theodore M. Lechterman is a political philosopher who studies how democratic principles apply to emerging practices. Currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, he has held previous fellowships at Stanford University, Centre for Advanced Studies Justitia Amplificata (Frankfurt), and the Hertie School (Berlin). He regularly advises organizations and contributes to public debates in North America and Europe.
Chapter 1. Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth
Chapter 2. Of Sovereignty and Saints
Chapter 3. A Farewell to Alms
Chapter 4. Donation and Deliberation
Chapter 5. In Usufruct to the Living
Chapter 6. The Effective Altruist's Political Problem
Chapter 7. Milton Friedman's Corporate Misanthropy
Chapter 8. Conclusion: Overthrowing the Tyranny of Generosity
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.10.2021 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 150 mm |
| Gewicht | 440 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-761141-9 / 0197611419 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-761141-8 / 9780197611418 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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