Volume 40, Issue 1, Spring 2021
John Paul Rollert
Pages 81-107
The Gift Outright?
Philanthropic Aspirations and the Ethics of Giving
What does it mean to aspire to philanthropy? How might this shape popular views about charitable purpose? By one-on-one interviews and a review of the ethics of giving in the American experience, I take a long look at how views on philanthropic giving have changed over time and how this has helped to shape, and re-shape, the ethics of giving.