Our GR is the same as "Treat others as they want to be treated" (the platinum rule).
Our GR is the same as "Treat others as they want to be treated" (the platinum rule).
The platinum rule can prescribe evil actions. Suppose that Dr Evil wants me to help him to destroy the world; then platinum tells me to help Dr Evil to destroy the world. And platinum can prescribe self-contradictions. Suppose that the Democrat wants me to vote for her and not for the Republican-and the Republican wants me to vote for her and not for the Democrat; then platinum tells me to vote for both and for neither.
GR sometimes permits us to act against the will of another -- as in the case of the two-year-old who doesn't want to be spanked when he tries to put his fingers in the electrical outlet.
Our GR is the same as "Treat others as they want to be treated" (the platinum rule).
The platinum rule can prescribe evil actions. Suppose that Dr Evil wants me to help him to destroy the world; then platinum tells me to help Dr Evil to destroy the world. And platinum can prescribe self-contradictions. Suppose that the Democrat wants me to vote for her and not for the Republican-and the Republican wants me to vote for her and not for the Democrat; then platinum tells me to vote for both and for neither.
GR sometimes permits us to act against the will of another -- as in the case of the two-year-old who doesn't want to be spanked when he tries to put his fingers in the electrical outlet.