Toward a Caring Society: Ideas into Action / Edition 1

by Pearl M. Oliner, Samuel P. Oliner

Overview

Promoting care, a sense of personal responsibility for the welfare of others, is one of society's primary moral challenges. A caring society is one in which care penetrates all major social institutions including the family, schools, places of work, and worship. The purpose of this book is to present pragmatic guidelines for individuals and groups who want to enhance the caring quality of the social institutions in which they participate. The authors propose principles whereby care can be infused in routine contexts and give real-life examples to illustrate how they have been successfully applied in a variety of social settings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275954536
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/24/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.54(d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)

About the Author

SERBRENIA J. SIMS is an independent researcher who focuses on higher education policy, diversity, and human resource management issues in the public and not-for-profit areas.

RONALD R. SIMS is a Professor at the Graduate School of Business, College of William and Mary.

Among their earlier publications are anaging Institutions of Higher Education for the 21st Century and The Importance of Learning Styles.

Table of Contents

Preface
In Pursuit of Care
Bonding
Empathizing
Learning Caring Norms
Practicing Care and Assuming Personal Responsibility
Diversifying
Networking
Resolving Conflicts
Making the Global Connection
Creating the Future
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

The authors, who have previously published a study of non-Jews who risked their lives to help Jews survive the Holocaust (The Altruistic Personality: Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe, Free Press, 1988), here provide some pragmatic guidelines for individuals and groups who would like to enhance the caring quality of their private and public lives. They give many examples, making extensive use of published autobiographical and biographical materials, case studies, and interviews. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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