Chapter 1: Simpler Introduction Chapter 2: Harder Introduction Chapter 3: Many Religions and Cultures Chapter 4: A Socratic Dialogue Chapter 5: A GR Chronology Chapter 6: Moral Education Chapter 7: Egoism, Hobbes, Darwin Chapter 8: Racism and Other Groupisms Chapter 9: Applied Ethics Chapter 10: Positive and Negative GRs Chapter 11: More Questions Chapter 12: Many Philosophies Chapter 13: Hare and Carson Chapter 14: More Objections Bibliography Index
Biography
Harry J Gensler
Harry Gensler is an outstandingly clear teacher with a logical approach to the golden rule. In defense of the rule, he clarifies misunderstandings and refutes cheap attacks. And he adds practical wisdom, historical information, and diverse religious perspectives that make this book in many ways the new standard in English on the world’s most widely shared moral principle.
Jeffrey Wattles, Kent State University
Harry Gensler has done outstanding and extremely important work on the Golden-Rule. He gives a compelling defense of the Golden-Rule. His work is very clear, very strongly argued, and highly original. This work is an outstanding contribution to ethical theory and has many important applications in applied/practical ethics.
Thomas Carson, Loyola University Chicago
