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Colby, Anne, 1946-

Some do care : contemporary lives of moral commitment / Anne Colby, William Damon. - 1st Free Press pbk. ed. - New York : Toronto : New York : Free Press ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994, c1992. - xiii, 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mysteries of moral commitment -- Identifying moral exemplars and studying their lives -- Suzie Valadez : "Queen of the Dump" -- Courage and certainty amid risk -- Virginia Durr : champion of justice -- Jack Coleman : seeker of personal excellence -- How moral commitment develops throughout life -- Charleszetta Waddles : matriarch of faith -- Cabell Brand : entrepreneur in service to the poor -- Positivity and hopefulness -- The uniting of self and morality.

ISBN: 9780029063569 (pbk.) 0029063566 (pbk.)

LCCN: HN90.V64 C62 1992

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Voluntarism--United States--Case studies.
Helping behavior--Case studies.
Volunteers--United States--Biography.
Helping behavior.
Moral conditions.
Voluntarism.
Volunteers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Moral conditions.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
Case studies.

LC Class. No.: HN90.V64 / C62 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 302/.14