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Originally Posted by strombad
Ethically speaking, if I was a hate filled old man who spent part of my life fighting against the rights and well being of others, I would want to be treated with the utmost disrespect.
Should a murderer not go to jail because of the golden rule? I would not want to be imprisoned, so is it right to imprison others?
The golden rule is simply a philosophical idea. It's at its best a golden suggestion.
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Please. That is absurd. Its a general philosophy of behavior to be applied between individuals. Its an ideal we should all be trying to get to. It doesn't preclude justice. I'm no longer practicing the religion I was raised in, but I will say this: Jesus was right, pretty much about everything.