"Abundant Future"
Mukul Verma. Currents Magazine. Published October 2007.
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a conversation with Paul G. Schervish about the transfer of $41
trillion in wealth, and why you can’t tell Donald Trump to give it up
for good.
"Adoption and Altruism: Those With Whom I Want to Share a
Dream."
Paul G. Schervish. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 21, no. 4 (Winter
1992): 327-350.
In this paper I propose a non-reductionist notion of altruism by reviewing
various findings from my study on philanthropy among the wealthy, with a special
emphasis on what I call adoption philanthropy. I argue that, for the most part,
attempts to define altruism from deductive philosophical or theoretical reasoning
are destined to disappoint, and that what positive understanding of altruism
does remain must be gleaned from an inductive examination of adoption philanthropy.
"Agent-Animated Wealth and Philanthropy: The Dynamics of Accumulation and Allocation Among High-Tech Donors."
By Paul G. Schervish, Mary A. O'Herlihy, and John J. Havens, Social Welfare
Research Institute, Boston College. Final Report of the 2001 High-Tech Donors
Study. 2001. Through in-depth interviews, the study sought to pinpoint the executives'
motivations behind giving and the relationship between their business success
and their charitable work. The study looked to answer whether their views on
giving represented a "new" philanthropy and whether the term "venture philanthropy"
adequately captured their philanthropic approach.
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