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The literal golden rule says: "If you want X to do A to you, then do A to X." A good objection to this is that it implies
{ 1 } - "To a patient: if you want the doctor to remove your appendix, then remove the doctor's appendix."
{ 2 } - "To a masochist: if you want X to torture you, then torture X."
{ 3 } - both are good objections.
{ 4 } - neither is a good objection.
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The literal golden rule says: "If you want X to do A to you, then do A to X." A good objection to this is that it implies
{ 1 } - "To a patient: if you want the doctor to remove your appendix, then remove the doctor's appendix."
{ 2 } - "To a masochist: if you want X to torture you, then torture X."
{ 3 } - both are good objections.
{ 4 } - neither is a good objection.
The literal GR assumes that what is good for you (like an appendix operation) must be good for the other person. But people might be in very different circumstances.
The masochist case raises another good objection.
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The literal golden rule says: "If you want X to do A to you, then do A to X." A good objection to this is that it implies
{ 1 } - "To a patient: if you want the doctor to remove your appendix, then remove the doctor's appendix."
{ 2 } - "To a masochist: if you want X to torture you, then torture X."
{ 3 } - both are good objections.
{ 4 } - neither is a good objection.
The literal GR assumes that you have good desires about how you be treated. But your desires might be based on ignorance or self-hatred.
The appendix case raises another good objection.
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The literal golden rule says: "If you want X to do A to you, then do A to X." A good objection to this is that it implies
{ 1 } - "To a patient: if you want the doctor to remove your appendix, then remove the doctor's appendix."
{ 2 } - "To a masochist: if you want X to torture you, then torture X."
{ 3 } - both are good objections.
{ 4 } - neither is a good objection.
To avoid such problems, we need to formulate GR in a more sophisticated manner.
GR needs to take account of flawed desires (the masochist case) and differences in circumstances (the appendix case).
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The literal golden rule says: "If you want X to do A to you, then do A to X." A good objection to this is that it implies
{ 1 } - "To a patient: if you want the doctor to remove your appendix, then remove the doctor's appendix."
{ 2 } - "To a masochist: if you want X to torture you, then torture X."
{ 3 } - both are good objections.
{ 4 } - neither is a good objection.
Both are good objections. Both are implausible and yet follow from the literal GR.
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