The Golden Rule The Ethics of Reciprocity in World Religions

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ISBN: 9781847062956 | 1847062954
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/24/2009

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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

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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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