What's so wrong with that quote? He even advocates following the Golden Rule, at least at first. It sounds like pretty decent advice to me, except maybe the "

What's so wrong with that quote? He even advocates following the Golden Rule, at least at first. It sounds like pretty decent advice to me, except maybe the "wrath" part is a little too strong. But if I treat someone nicely (like I'd want to be treated), and they act like a dick to me, I'm not going to continue to be nice and helpful to them, I'm going to stop being helpful and try to get away from them. It sounds like you're advocating that people put a lot of energy into being helpful to people who are assholes and take advantage of them. I don't see how that's a good philosophy at all. That's exactly the kind of philosophy that enables sociopaths to climb to power in society so easily.