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Ethics and the Golden Rule.

It is commonly accepted that the golden rule-most often formulated as ""do unto others as you would have them do unto you""--Is a unifying element between many diverse religious traditions, both Eastern and Western. Its influence also extends beyond such traditions, since many no...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gensler, Harry J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Ethics and the Golden Rule; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part 1: Golden Rule Reasoning; Chapter 1: Simpler Introduction; 1.1 A simple idea?; 1.2 Literal GR fallacy; 1.3 Kita, a wise GR monkey; 1.4 Soft GR fallacy; 1.5 Doormat GR fallacy; 1.6 Third-parties GR fallacy; 1.7 Easy GR fallacy; 1.8 Consistency requires GR; 1.9 Further chapters; Chapter 2: Harder Introduction; 2.1 Gold or garbage?; 2.1a Literal GR; 2.1b Same-situation clause; 2.1c The GR question; 2.1d GR requires consistency; 2.1e Gold, not garbage; 2.2 Applying GR wisely: Kita; 2.3 Further GRs and relatives; 2.4 GR fallacies.
  • 2.5 Religions and philosophies2.6 The rest of this book; 2.7 Technical appendix; Part 2: Religion and History; Chapter 3: Many Religions and Cultures; 3.1 Abrahamic religions; 3.1a Judaism; 3.1b Christianity; 3.1c Islam; 3.1d Other Abrahamic religions; 3.2 Non-Abrahamic religions; 3.2a Hinduism; 3.2b Buddhism; 3.2c Confucianism; 3.2d Taoism; 3.2e Other religions; 3.2f Atheism; 3.3 Interfaith GR activists; 3.4 Questions; 3.5 Composite GR message; Chapter 4: A Socratic Dialogue; 4.1 A consistency norm; 4.2 Morality and religion; 4.3 Science and religion; 4.4 The problem of evil.
  • Chapter 5: A GR ChronologyPart 3: Practice; Chapter 6: Moral Education; 6.1 Content and method; 6.2 Kohlberg's moral stages; 6.3 Practical hints; 6.4 Why not more successful; Chapter 7: Egoism, Hobbes, Darwin; 7.1 Foolish or impossible; 7.2 Hobbes and social contracts; 7.3 GR promotes self-interest; 7.4 Darwin and evolution; Chapter 8: Racism and Other Groupisms; 8.1 Groupist GR objections; 8.2 Extreme groupist principles; 8.3 Groupist arguments; 8.4 Groupist actions; 8.5 History, slavery, and GR; Chapter 9: Applied Ethics; 9.1 Applied ethics courses; 9.2 Business ethics; 9.3 Medical ethics.
  • 9.4 Ethics of discussion9.5 GR's scope; 9.6 Some other areas; Part 4: Theory; Chapter 10: Positive and Negative GRs; 10.1 Positive GR is better; 10.2 Both are complementary; 10.3 Negative GR is better; 10.4 Both are equivalent; 10.5 Defending the positive GR; 10.6 Negative traditions?; Chapter 11: More Questions; 11.1 Summary of morality; 11.2 Role reversals; 11.3 Metals; Chapter 12: Many Philosophies; 12.1 Metaethics; 12.2 Normative ethics; Chapter 13: Hare and Carson; 13.1 Hare; 13.2 Carson; Chapter 14: More Objections; 14.1 Platinum; 14.2 Three classic objections; 14.3 Long objections.
  • 14.3a Competition14.3b Over or under demanding; 14.3c Kant's footnote; 14.3d Assumes moral norms; 14.3e Contradictions; 14.3f Game theory; 14.3g Masochists; 14.4 Short objections; Bibliography; Index.