We Make a Life by What We Give Book

Preface     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
Imagining Philanthropy     1
The Golden Rule     13
Four Gifts     19
The Potential to Share     30
The Good Samaritan     37
Egoism, Altruism, and Service     45
Doing Well by Doing Good     51
Idealists and Realists     57
What Are We Part of?     63
The Seven Deadly Sins     73
Materialist Philanthropy     78
Whoever Has Will Receive More     89
Hoarding and Sharing     99
Lessons from the Least     108
Lower and Higher     114
Who Is Expendable?     125
How Much and How Well?     132
Are We Hospitable?     140
Rules and Aspirations     155
Suffering     164
Treasure in Earthen Vessels     174
Ethics and Metaphysics     191
Suggested Readings     199