The golden rule
Subtitle: analytical perspectives
By: edited by Jacob Neusner, Bruce Chilton
Contributors: Bard College. Institute of Advanced Theology
Series: Studies in religion and the social order; Studies in religion and the social order
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780761841012; 9780761842866
Subjects: Golden rule; Ethics; Comparative studies; Congresses; History
Notes: "Essays collected in this book derive from an academic conference presented in April, 2008, by the Institute of Advanced Theology of Bard College"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Parsing reciprocity: questions for the golden rule  -- William Scott Green; title: Golden rule in Greco-Roman religion and philosophy  -- Robert M. Berchman [2 pts.]; title: Golden rule in Kant and utilitarianism  -- Daniel Berthold; title: Philosophical reflections on the golden rule  -- Jeffrey Wattles; title: Golden rules of religion  -- David Sloan Wilson; title: Gold or fool's gold? Ridding the golden rule of absurd implications  -- Harry J. Gensler; title: How the golden rule can lead to reproductive success: a new selection basis for Alexander's "indirect reciprocity"  -- Christopher Boehm; title: Golden rule in its idealistic formulation: benefits for the moral agent -- Stephen G. Post.