The golden rule presumes religious beliefs -- especially the belief in a loving God who is the Creator and Father of us all.
The golden rule presumes religious beliefs -- especially the belief in a loving God who is the Creator and Father of us all.
Many atheists support the golden rule for nonreligious reasons. This seems to be a coherent view.
On the other hand, GR has been taught by the great world religions and fits nicely into religious perspectives. For example, Christianity sees the world as created by a loving God who calls us all to love one another as part of one big family; it see the origin and destiny of the world as in harmony with GR. Religious people would see an atheistic GR ethics as incomplete and as existing in an alien environment.
The golden rule presumes religious beliefs -- especially the belief in a loving God who is the Creator and Father of us all.
Many atheists support the golden rule for nonreligious reasons. This seems to be a coherent view.
On the other hand, GR has been taught by the great world religions and fits nicely into religious perspectives. For example, Christianity sees the world as created by a loving God who calls us all to love one another as part of one big family; it see the origin and destiny of the world as in harmony with GR. Religious people would see an atheistic GR ethics as incomplete and as existing in an alien environment.