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The Golden Rule is that you should do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Not as they do do unto you. Applying a consistent moral code even when it
by jstanley 3y ago
The Golden Rule is that you should do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Not as they do do unto you.
Applying a consistent moral code even when it puts you at a competitive disadvantage is what makes it a moral code in the first place. If you only stick to your morals when it's advantageous to do so then they're not your morals at all!
- willcipriano 3y agoBack when we had high trust societies[0] that worked out ok, but that's just not the world we live in anymore. I have respect for people who hold themselves to a moral code and play by those same rules in dealing with them, but I don't have a lot of pity when they scream "life's not fair" when they try to play hockey against people who are playing baseball. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_trust_and_low_trust_societies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_trust_and_low_trust_soc...
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- neilv 3y ago> The Golden Rule is that you should do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Also, Jesuit parochial school told us an improved version: Do unto others as they would have you do unto them. It would seem to preempt a lot of imperialism.