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There were governments when those rules were formulated. Unless you mean, "Older than all governments in existence today," which might be true.
by JasonFruit 4y ago
There were governments when those rules were formulated. Unless you mean, "Older than all governments in existence today," which might be true.
- IncRnd 4y agoOf course there was reciprocity between people prior to the first government. It almost certainly wasn't called the golden or silver rule, but of course it existed.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoReciprocity predates humanity by many millions of years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_altruism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_altruism