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The golden rule applies to how we act toward

    { 1 } - other sentient beings.
    { 2 } - other human beings.
    { 3 } - other members of our tribe or social group.

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1 is correct!

The golden rule applies to how we act toward

The derivation of GR from the axioms (universalizability, prescriptivity, and rationality) works regardless of the kind of being that X is. If it's all right for me to hit X, then it would be all right for me to be hit if I were in X's exact place. This holds regardless of whether X is my next door neighbor, someone in another country, or even my pet dog. It also holds if X is a nail; but here the application is vacuous -- since (a) I can't coherently imagine myself in the exact place of the nail, and (b) even if I could, then I wouldn't care whether I'd be hit in such circumstances.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

The golden rule applies to how we act toward

    { 1 } - other sentient beings.
    { 2 } - other human beings.
    { 3 } - other members of our tribe or social group.

There's nothing in the GR derivation that limits its scope to human beings.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

The golden rule applies to how we act toward

    { 1 } - other sentient beings.
    { 2 } - other human beings.
    { 3 } - other members of our tribe or social group.

There's nothing in the GR derivation that limits its scope to members of our tribe or social group.

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