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9781847062956

The Golden Rule The Ethics of Reciprocity in World Religions

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  • ISBN13:

    9781847062956

  • ISBN10:

    1847062954

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-01-24
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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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

Table of Contents

List of Contributorsp. vii
Prefacep. xi
Parsing Reciprocity: Questions for the Golden Rulep. 1
The Golden Rule in Ancient Israelite Scripturep. 9
Alternatives to the Golden Rule: Social Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Archaic Greecep. 26
The Golden Rule in Greco-Roman Religion and Philosophyp. 40
The Golden Rule in Classical Judaismp. 55
The Golden Rule in Zoroastrianismp. 65
Jesus, the Golden Rule, and Its Applicationp. 76
The Golden Rule as the Law of Nature, from Origen to Martin Lutherp. 88
The Golden Rule in Islamp. 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 Contextp. 146
The Golden Rule in Confucianismp. 157
"Wired for Reciprocity": Some Concluding Reflectionsp. 170
Bibliographyp. 173
Indexp. 177
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