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Altruism: Its Nature and Varieties

George Herbert Palmer

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Giving can go wrong, and Palmer devotes a whole chapter to the defects of giving. His study of altruism moves from manners through gifts and mutuality up to love and justice, asking how self and others actually fit together. Harvard philosophy in a gentle, lucid key. A small course in generosity that respects both the giver and the getter.

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14 chapters

  1. 1ALTRUISM ITS NATURE AND VARIETIES
  2. 2THE ELY FOUNDATION
  3. 3PREFACE
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5ALTRUISM ITS NATURE AND VARIETIES
  6. 6CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
  7. 7CHAPTER II MANNERS
  8. 8CHAPTER III GIFTS
  9. 9CHAPTER IV DEFECTS OF GIVING
  10. 10CHAPTER V MUTUALITY
  11. 11CHAPTER VI LOVE
  12. 12CHAPTER VII JUSTICE
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII CONCLUSION
  14. 14Transcriber’s Notes
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