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Oh, god. I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing. Just had to point this out!
Ha ha ha. Oops. I'm not going to edit it. I like it the way it is.
Oh, god. I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing. Just had to point this out!
Do unto others as others unto you
I'm a P type WTF are all these rules about....
Rules versus Principles
If this is a facetious statement I apologize for my ignorance in advance...
This statement by Jesus was not a rule but a basic universal principle
of conduct and it can help us make wise decisions in our relationships with others.
Some have used a similar expression in a negative form: "Do not do to others what you would not like done to yourselves." The difference between the Golden Rule and a negative form of it is that we must take the initiative in applying it not merely view it as a form of reciprocity.
Warm, pleasant, and amicable relations can result only when we take the initiative to ‘do unto others’ what is good.
Jesus also said ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself. Neighbour being our fellowman.
This requires showing unselfish love, going beyond just caring for our own interests and again not just an act of reciprocity but something that should be initiated by ourselves.
Of course not everyone is going to live by the same principle but at least we did.
Good to see that most NT's steer clear of abstract "moral dilemmas". As others have said, it really depends on the context. Presumably most christians wouldn't want to be killed, but yet many support the death penalty.
A person who unconditionally follows the Golden Rule would not be able to end Hitler's life in order to spare the Jews, or to assassinate Stalin in order to save 10 million + Russian souls. Nor could they pull the plug on a terminally ill patient who was in terrible pain and was asking to die. As such, it seem to be good in theory, but it utterly fails when we consider the grander, more PRACTICAL scale and weight of moral sentiments. Hence, I think it has little "real weight" in most people's value systems.
I think you guys are missing the point. The Golden Rule asks that we give others the same consideration that we would have given to us. It's not about specific reciprocal acts...you must place yourself in the other person's shoes and think about how you should be treated.
The real golden rule is youse got the gold youse makes da rulz. Nuck nuk nuk
As written, it sounds like another way to say "any eye for an eye"."Do unto others as others unto you,"?
NTs, what's your view of the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as others unto you,"? Does your auxiliary Te/Ti function approach the Golden Rule based on factual information as opposed to humanitarian information? I'm quite curious to see how you NTs approach ethical questions/problems.