Almost every religion, every belief system, every moral code has some version of the Golden Rule. The most well-known phrasing of it, at least in the English language is in the form of the phrase, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." I don't think you can find anybody, short of an outright sociopath, who would consider this a bad lesson. Any decent human being would be all too glad to say that believe in such a moral precept; and as moral principles go, it's actually a pretty simple and elementary rule that seems as if it should apply anywhere, any time. Also, most any honest person would accept that they probably don't apply it as well as they should, even though they also simultaneously believe that they apply it more effectively than they actually do.
The strange, and also sad, aspect of this is that people should not really be considered all that unusual for failing to apply the Golden Rule. Surely, the majority of people wish they could apply it, but they really don't apply it all too universally. It is not simply that it is difficult, but it is actually absolutely impossible... at least for human beings.
The strange, and also sad, aspect of this is that people should not really be considered all that unusual for failing to apply the Golden Rule. Surely, the majority of people wish they could apply it, but they really don't apply it all too universally. It is not simply that it is difficult, but it is actually absolutely impossible... at least for human beings.
