The golden rule / / Jeffrey Wattles

• Autore: Wattles Jeffrey
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Disciplina: 170/.44
• Soggetto topico: Golden rule; Religion
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1996.
• 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 Respect; TWELVE: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The golden rule
• ISBN: 0-19-774149-5; 0-19-007912-6; 0-19-535500-8; 1-280-52921-0; 1-4294-0679-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821675103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.