The golden rule / Jeffrey Wattles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wattles, Jeffrey, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Golden rule--Comparative studies.

Golden rule.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774149-5

0-19-007912-6

0-19-535500-8

1-280-52921-0

1-4294-0679-8

OCLC:

476013495