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This book presents a new examination of ethical dictum 'The Golden Rule' exploring its formulation and significance in relation to the world's major religions. 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 commissioned essays which take a fresh look at this guiding principle from a comparative perspective. Participants examine the formulation and significance of the Golden Rule in the world's major religions by applying four questions to the tradition they consider: What does it say? What does it mean? How does it work? How does it matter?Freshly examining the Golden Rule in broad comparative context provides a fascinating account of its uses and meaning, and allows us to assess if, how and why it matters in human cultures and societies.
Contents
Preface; 1. Introduction: Parsing Reciprocity: Questions for the Golden Rule, William Scott Green (University of Miami, USA); 2. The Golden Rule in Ancient Israelite Scripture, Baruch A. Levine (New York University, USA); 3. Alternatives to the Golden Rule: Social Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Archaic Greece, Carolyn Dewald (Bard College, USA); 4. The Golden Rule in Graeco-Roman Religion and Philosophy, Robert Berchman (Dowling College, USA). 5. The Golden Rule in Classical Judaism, Jacob Neusner (Bard College, USA); 6. The Golden Rule in Zoroastrianism, Mahnaz Moazami (Columbia University, USA); 7. The Golden Rule in Earliest Christianity, Bruce D. Chilton (Bard College, USA); 8. The Golden Rule as the Law of Nature, from Origen to Martin Luther, Olivier du Roy (French National Center for Scientific Research, Paris); 9. The Golden Rule in Islam, Emil Homerin (University of Rochester, USA); 10. The Golden Rule in Buddhism [I], Kristen Scheible (Bard College, USA); 11. The Golden Rule in Buddhism [II], Charles Hallisey (University of Wisconsin, USA); 12. A Hindu Golden Rule in Context, Richard Davis (Bard College, USA); 13. The Golden Rule in Confucianism, Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA); 14. Conclusion, William Scott Green (University of Miami, USA).
