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The golden rule, understood properly, is
{ 1 } - a description of human behavior.
{ 2 } - an infallible guide to what is right or wrong.
{ 3 } - a consistency principle.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
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The golden rule, understood properly, is
{ 1 } - a description of human behavior.
{ 2 } - an infallible guide to what is right or wrong.
{ 3 } - a consistency principle.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
People may or may not follow the golden rule in their lives.
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The golden rule, understood properly, is
{ 1 } - a description of human behavior.
{ 2 } - an infallible guide to what is right or wrong.
{ 3 } - a consistency principle.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
The golden rule, properly understood, don't tell us what specific act to do. Formulations that try to do this lead to absurdities when applied to someone with defective desires (for example, someone who hates himself and wants to be tortured).
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The golden rule, understood properly, is
{ 1 } - a description of human behavior.
{ 2 } - an infallible guide to what is right or wrong.
{ 3 } - a consistency principle.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
GR only prescribes consistency -- that we not have our actions (toward another) be out of harmony with our desires (about a reversed-situation action).
Formulations that tell us what specific act to do lead to absurdities when applied to someone with defective desires (for example, someone who hates himself and wants to be tortured).
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The golden rule, understood properly, is
{ 1 } - a description of human behavior.
{ 2 } - an infallible guide to what is right or wrong.
{ 3 } - a consistency principle.
{ 4 } - all of the above.
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