Charitable giving, everyday morality and a critique of Bourdieusian theory: An Investigation into Disinterested Judgements, Moral Concerns and Reflexivity in the UK

This paper aims to explain the nature of people’s moral judgements about
charitable giving and volunteering. It identifies three positions on everyday
morality: moral conventionalists, moral individualists and moral critics. In
exploring these, it takes issue with Bourdieu’s view that giving is purely a means
to an end, reinforcing the prestige, influence and economic power of the giver