Reflections on the ethical structure of Mary Richmond’s thought

  • Paz Méndez-Bonito Zorita College of Public Programs, School of Social Work Arizona State University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUTS.2011.v24.36851
Keywords: utopia, social evangelism, scientificism, scientific charity, personalism

Abstract

The ideas that formed the thought and social practice of Mary Richmond are examined here. Special focus is placed on two markers that defined her times: the scientific impulse on the one hand and the altruistic impulse on the other. We ask ourselves what were Mary Richmond’s answers to the dominant public philosophy; from those we derive some reflections that may be useful in the present, especially the ones concerning faith in science as the incontrovertible answer to human problems.

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Méndez-Bonito Zorita P. (2011). Reflections on the ethical structure of Mary Richmond’s thought. Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 24, 23-33. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUTS.2011.v24.36851
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Vol. 24 (2011): Mary Richmond 1861-2011
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Monograph

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