The Golden Rule The Ethics of Reciprocity in World Religions
by Neusner, Jacob; Chilton, Bruce D.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-01-24
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary
The Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be treated. This ethical dictum is a part of most of the world's religions and has been considered by numerous religious figures and philosophers over the centuries. This new collection contains specially
Table of Contents
| List of Contributors | p. vii |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Parsing Reciprocity: Questions for the Golden Rule | p. 1 |
| The Golden Rule in Ancient Israelite Scripture | p. 9 |
| Alternatives to the Golden Rule: Social Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Archaic Greece | p. 26 |
| The Golden Rule in Greco-Roman Religion and Philosophy | p. 40 |
| The Golden Rule in Classical Judaism | p. 55 |
| The Golden Rule in Zoroastrianism | p. 65 |
| Jesus, the Golden Rule, and Its Application | p. 76 |
| The Golden Rule as the Law of Nature, from Origen to Martin Luther | p. 88 |
| The Golden Rule in Islam | p. 99 |
| The Formulation and Significance of the Golden Rule in Buddhism [I] | p. 116 |
| The Golden Rule in Buddhism [II] | p. 129 |
| A Hindu Golden Rule, in Context | p. 146 |
| The Golden Rule in Confucianism | p. 157 |
| "Wired for Reciprocity": Some Concluding Reflections | p. 170 |
| Bibliography | p. 173 |
| Index | p. 177 |
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