Patricia Illingworth's short, powerful and passionate book argues that "social capital" should be an essential ethical concept guiding our actions, and explains how one might go about implementing this idea in a positive way.

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PATRICIA ILLINGWORTH is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and in the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University, USA, where she is also a Lecturer in Law. Professor Illingworth has held fellowships at Harvard Law School and at Harvard Medical School. She is the author of AIDS and the Good Society and* Trusting Medicine: The Moral Costs of Managed Care*, and a co-editor of The Power of Pills and Ethical Healthcare. She is also co-editor with Thomas Pogge and Leif Wenar, of Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy.

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Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Making a Difference The Heart of the Matter The Ethics of Us The Moral Sweet Spot With a Little Help from the Law Giving Back Global People Notes References Index