J. B. SCHNEEWIND is Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He is author of Sidgwick's Ethics and Victorian Moral Philosophy, and is completing a study of the history of moral philosophy during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Robert L. Payton1. Philanthropy as a Virtue in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages-Scott Davis2. Contexts of Charity in the Middle Ages: Religious, Social, and Civic-Susanne Roberts3. Philosophical Ideas of Charity: Some Historical Reflections-J. B. Schneewind4. The Philanthropic Perspective after a Hundred Years-Alan Ryan5. Charity, Justice, and the Idea of a Moral Progress-Allen Buchanan6. Losses and Gains-Mary Douglas7. Motivation, Cognition, and Charitable Giving-Robert Frank8. Philanthropy in the African-American Experience-Adrienne Lash Jones9. "Human Communion" or a Free Lunch: School Dinners in Victorian and Edwardian London-Ellen Ross10. Compromising to Achieve: Choices in International Charity-Alex RondosBibliographyContributorsIndex