On caring

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Extremely gentle wear to spine head and foot, light soiling to front board, exceedingly mild rubbing to corners, bright pages, tight binding, faint soiling to DJ, sunning to DJ spine, extremely mild rubbing to DJ corners and edges, utterly tender rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(-) DJ.. Octavo in orange-black DJ, xxii, 63 pages, 22 cm. Contents: Introduction -- Caring as Helping the Other Grow -- The Basic Pattern -- The Growth of a Person and the Growth of an Idea -- Major Ingredients of Caring -- Knowing -- Alternating Rhythms -- Patience -- Honesty -- Trust -- Humility -- Hope -- Courage -- Some Illuminating Aspects of Caring -- Self-Actualization Through Caring -- The Primacy of the Process -- The Ability to Care and the Ability to be Cared For -- The Constancy of the Other -- Guilt in Caring -- Reciprocation -- Caring as a Matter of Degree Within Limits -- Special Features in Caring for People -- Caring for Other People -- Caring for Myself -- How Caring May Order and Give Meaning to Life -- Caring Orders Other Values Around Itself -- Caring Enables Me to Be "In-Place" in the World -- Caring for My "Appropriate" Others -- Living the Meaning of My Life -- Major Characteristics of a Life Ordered Through Caring -- Basic Certainty -- The Process of Life is Enough -- Intelligibility and Unfathomability -- Autonomy -- Faith -- Gratitude. Series: World perspectives, volume 43. Charity, Compassion, Spirituality.