Review of GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleism-Guided Life
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Review of GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleism-Guided Life
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleism-Guided Life" by Craig A Cline.]
[The below is a review by Diane Donovan.]
GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleism-Guided Life advocates for sweeping global change through embracing compassion, justice, and a form of community-wide humane thinking that Craig Cline calls “GoldenRuleism.”
The concept is heady; especially when applied to large segments of humanity rather than the kernel of community thinking—but nobody ever promised that transformative experiences would involve simple mindset adjustments.
Cline’s short treatise (nearly a booklet, at under fifty pages) synthesizes the ideals, concepts, and avenues of enacting GoldenRuleism, condensing all these facets into two simple sentences designed for easy memorization and equally succinct applications. These are:
Do for all others, both directly and indirectly, what you would want done for you.
Don’t do to any others, either directly or indirectly, what you wouldn’t want done to you.
Cline then applies these traditional thoughts to modern-day events and considerations, reinvigorating them with modern thinking and challenges and considering the various
incarnations they may take when overlaid with contemporary social, psychological, and political conundrums.
Seemingly simple choices thus receive more thoughtful processing via this approach:
GoldenRuleism does not only have a few more words attached to it, its meaning delves deeper into who we are and how we should interact with ourselves and others. GoldenRuleism upholds the values and moral and ethical precepts that are at our core as humans.
From various “isms” that GoldenRuleism intrinsically rejects to the importance of including and understanding “indirectly,” readers receive thought-provoking moral and ethical food for thought that is worthy of book club reading and classroom debate alike.
Readers who have grown up with the ideals of the Golden Rule, but then discarded them due to the challenge of applying them to modern circumstances, will want to revisit the concept in GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleismGuided Life.
It’s worthy not only of classroom assignment for students of moral, ethical, and sociological circles, but of library acquisition and recommendation to patrons seeking more options for transforming their own lives and communities. As an added bonus, this book is published in both English and Spanish.
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GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleism-Guided Life
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[The below is a review by Diane Donovan.]
GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleism-Guided Life advocates for sweeping global change through embracing compassion, justice, and a form of community-wide humane thinking that Craig Cline calls “GoldenRuleism.”
The concept is heady; especially when applied to large segments of humanity rather than the kernel of community thinking—but nobody ever promised that transformative experiences would involve simple mindset adjustments.
Cline’s short treatise (nearly a booklet, at under fifty pages) synthesizes the ideals, concepts, and avenues of enacting GoldenRuleism, condensing all these facets into two simple sentences designed for easy memorization and equally succinct applications. These are:
Do for all others, both directly and indirectly, what you would want done for you.
Don’t do to any others, either directly or indirectly, what you wouldn’t want done to you.
Cline then applies these traditional thoughts to modern-day events and considerations, reinvigorating them with modern thinking and challenges and considering the various
incarnations they may take when overlaid with contemporary social, psychological, and political conundrums.
Seemingly simple choices thus receive more thoughtful processing via this approach:
GoldenRuleism does not only have a few more words attached to it, its meaning delves deeper into who we are and how we should interact with ourselves and others. GoldenRuleism upholds the values and moral and ethical precepts that are at our core as humans.
From various “isms” that GoldenRuleism intrinsically rejects to the importance of including and understanding “indirectly,” readers receive thought-provoking moral and ethical food for thought that is worthy of book club reading and classroom debate alike.
Readers who have grown up with the ideals of the Golden Rule, but then discarded them due to the challenge of applying them to modern circumstances, will want to revisit the concept in GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleismGuided Life.
It’s worthy not only of classroom assignment for students of moral, ethical, and sociological circles, but of library acquisition and recommendation to patrons seeking more options for transforming their own lives and communities. As an added bonus, this book is published in both English and Spanish.
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GoldenRuleism/Living A GoldenRuleism-Guided Life
View: on Bookshelves
"That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess." - Henry David Thoreau
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
