Unit A Week 2
Readings & Study Questions
"In the community sense, caring and service are giving and volunteering"
--Brian O'Connell (1930 - )
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Readings
- Lecture C: Notions of a Gift, Charity and Philanthropy
- In your printe course packet or the .pdf file.
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- Gifts
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Study Questions
- What is the best gift you have ever received and why? Was it different
than the best present you ever received?
- Think about the definitions of a gift and philanthropy offered in
the readings. Which definitions resonate with you? What type of gifts
do you give? What motivates your actions? How would you go about resolving
the paradox and ambiguity that seems to be inherent to giving?
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