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The Tyranny of Generosity - Why Philanthropy Corrupts Our Politics and How We Can Fix It (Hardcover)
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The Tyranny of Generosity - Why Philanthropy Corrupts Our Politics and How We Can Fix It (Hardcover)
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The practice of philanthropy, which releases private property for
public purposes, represents in many ways the best angels of our
nature. But this practice's noteworthy virtues often obscure the
fact that philanthropy also represents the exercise of private
power. 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.
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