Reflections on the ethical structure of Mary Richmond’s thought
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...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Cuadernos de Trabajo Social |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CUTS/article/view/36851 |
| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 0214-0314 1988-8295 |