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Well then you have to figure out what treating someone well is. Which probably takes a lifetime and more of living and studying religion and philosophy. And the
by bigred100 7y ago
Well then you have to figure out what treating someone well is. Which probably takes a lifetime and more of living and studying religion and philosophy. And then a lifetime of getting yourself to actually do it.
- tempguy9999 7y agoThe meaning of treating someone well does not take a lifetime of hard work to comprehend. In the tale of Rabi Hillel, "that which is repugnant to you, do not do to others". I believe the bible says something similar. I'll bet anything the koran does too, and every religious text. I believe that humanist texts say much the same though I can't find it now. For fun, here's the first tenet from the satanic temple https://thesatanictemple.com/ https://thesatanictemple.com/ "One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason" But that's beside the point, really. I was hoping for an acknowledgement that I could be a moral entity without the influence of religion. A bit of bridge-building would have been welcome, and much needed in these times.
- __blockcipher__ 7y agoI would argue that treating someone well doesn’t require a lifetime of book study. Rather it requires the opposite, to see the person fully as what they are _right now_, and to respond accordingly without a trace of ideology. To do anything else is to be engaging with your idea of the person, and your own idea of what is “good”, rather than what actually is.