The essence of modern ethics is not to do to others what they'd do to you - it's not doing to others what you wouldn't want to be done to you. Unfortunately, I

The essence of modern ethics is not to do to others what they'd do to you - it's not doing to others what you wouldn't want to be done to you. Unfortunately, I see this kind of reasoning applied often also to relations among peoples: "in their country they wouldn't allow you to, so ..." and even "if it were for them, they'd kill us, so...". This is wrong.