The tarnished golden rule (Luke 6:31): the inescapable radicalness of Christian ethics.

From: Theological Studies | Date: September 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

[Editor's note: Jesus' Golden Rule has been inaccurately described as a form of retribution. In fact it is a moral maxim of complete mutuality whose positive form lays bare human desires for the Infinite. Jesus summons us to a general altruism that is possible only for sons and daughters of an infinitely altruistic God. Thus the Golden Rule is unique to Jesus, is grounded in his filial relation to God, and forms the basic insight which both exegetes and ethicists can elaborate into a world-transforming morality.]

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