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Correct formulations of the golden rule involve
{ 1 } - a don't-combine form.
{ 2 } - a present attitude toward a hypothetical situation.
{ 3 } - a same-situation clause.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
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Correct formulations of the golden rule involve
{ 1 } - a don't-combine form.
{ 2 } - a present attitude toward a hypothetical situation.
{ 3 } - a same-situation clause.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
We need "don't-combine" instead of "if-then." But we need more besides this.
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Correct formulations of the golden rule involve
{ 1 } - a don't-combine form.
{ 2 } - a present attitude toward a hypothetical situation.
{ 3 } - a same-situation clause.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
GR needs to refer to our present desire about how we be treated in a hypothetical case. But we need more besides this.
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Correct formulations of the golden rule involve
{ 1 } - a don't-combine form.
{ 2 } - a present attitude toward a hypothetical situation.
{ 3 } - a same-situation clause.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
We need something like "in the same situation" or "in an exactly similar situation" or "in the reversed situation." But we need more besides this.
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Correct formulations of the golden rule involve
{ 1 } - a don't-combine form.
{ 2 } - a present attitude toward a hypothetical situation.
{ 3 } - a same-situation clause.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
We need these features to avoid absurd implications and to insure that our GR is derivable from conscientiousness and impartiality.
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