In 2005, Lenn E. Goodman, professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt, was invited to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow.(While We're At It)( Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself)(Book review)

In 2005, Lenn E. Goodman, professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt, was invited to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. This time the format was different. Four scholars--a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, and an agnostic (atheist?)--were asked to deliver two lectures each on the commandment "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Goodman, a very thoughtfully observant Jew, has brought together his lectures, plus his extended commentary on the questions raised, in a book just out from Oxford, Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself.

The book is rich in philosophical and ...

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