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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451156703321

Autore

Wattles Jeffrey

Titolo

The golden rule [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffrey Wattles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

0-19-535500-8

1-280-52921-0

1-4294-0679-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Disciplina

170/.44

Soggetti

Golden rule

Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ONE: Introduction: The Golden Rule-One or Many, Gold or Glitter?; I. HISTORIES OF THE GOLDEN RULE; TWO: A Confucian Path from Conscientiousness to Spontaneity; THREE: From Greek Reciprocity to Cosmopolitan Idealism; FOUR: A Jewish Rule of Wisdom; FIVE: A New Testament Rule of Divine Love; SIX: A Theological Principle; SEVEN: Modern Objections and Responses: From the Religious to the Secular; EIGHT: The Golden Rule of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man; NINE: In the Other Person's Shoes; TEN: A Principle of Consistency in Moral Decision Making

ELEVEN: A Principle of Sensitivity and RespectTWELVE: Twentieth-Century Religious Interpretations; II. AN ETHICS OF THE GOLDEN RULE; THIRTEEN: The Golden Rule in a Philosophy of Morality; FOURTEEN: Religious Dimensions of the Golden Rule; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This work offers a survey of the history of the rule, ""Do unto others as you want others to do unto you"". It traces the rule's history in contexts as diverse as the writings of Confucius and the Greek philosophers, the Bible, modern theology and philosophy, and the American ""self-help"" context.