On 7/21/2012 3:58 PM, meekerdb wrote:
On 7/21/2012 2:57 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
Le 19-juil.-12, à 06:47, meekerdb a écrit :
This may be of interest to those recently discussing free-riders.
Brent
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Unto Others
BY MICHAEL SHERMER
It is the oldest and most universally recognized moral principle
that was codified over two millennia ago by the Jewish sage
Hillel the Elder: “Whatsoever thou wouldst that men should not do
to thee, do not do that to them. This is the whole Law. The rest
is only explanation.”
With comp this does not work. We are too much different, and we can
never judge for another. The principle becomes: "Don't do to others
what others does not want to be done on them, unless you need to
defend your life". Put in another way: respect the meaning of the
word "no" when said by others.
But often the "others" are unknown persons, and even if known it may
be impractical to poll them.
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The "others" need only be models, imaginary people. It is one's own
measure of good that is needed to determine one's own behavior.
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Onward!
Stephen
"Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."
~ Francis Bacon
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