Civic Studies » contemporary ethics http://civicstudies.org An intellectual community of researchers and practitioners dedicated to building the emerging field of civic studies Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:08:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 generosity as a virtue https://peterlevine.ws/?p=32696 https://peterlevine.ws/?p=32696#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:38:55 +0000 https://peterlevine.ws/?p=32696 Summary: I will argue here that generosity is a virtue when it is involves respectful care for an individual. Therefore, paradigm cases of generosity involve acts of personal attention and two-way communication, such as carefully selecting an appropriate gift or making a kind remark. To assess a transfer of money, it is better to ask […]

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