Writing Checks to Your Favorite Charities

Philanthropy on a large scale raises many ethical questions: Why are the people who are giving doing so? Does it do any good? Should we praise them for giving so much or criticize them for not giving still more? Is it troubling that such momentous decisions are made by a few extremely wealthy individuals? And how do our judgments about them reflect on our own way of living?  Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/magazine/17charity.t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&emc=eta1&oref=slogin&oref=slogin