The golden rule is a strategy for getting people to treat us as we want to be treated. People in fact treat us as we treat them; if you're kind/unkind to others, they'll be kind/unkind to you. So if you want others to treat you in a given way (your end), then you must treat them that way (the means).
The golden rule is a strategy for getting people to treat us as we want to be treated. People in fact treat us as we treat them; if you're kind/unkind to others, they'll be kind/unkind to you. So if you want others to treat you in a given way (your end), then you must treat them that way (the means).
Some people approach GR this way, while others follow GR out of altruism or other motives.
It's only roughly true that people treat us as we treat them. Some are kind (or unkind) to us no matter what we do. The classic self-interest argument for GR doesn't assume that people always treat us as we treat them; instead, it appeals to GR's external and internal sanctions -- things like social disapproval and our sense of self-worth.
The golden rule is a strategy for getting people to treat us as we want to be treated. People in fact treat us as we treat them; if you're kind/unkind to others, they'll be kind/unkind to you. So if you want others to treat you in a given way (your end), then you must treat them that way (the means).
Some people approach GR this way, while others follow GR out of altruism or other motives.
It's only roughly true that people treat us as we treat them. Some are kind (or unkind) to us no matter what we do. The classic self-interest argument for GR doesn't assume that people always treat us as we treat them; instead, it appeals to GR's external and internal sanctions -- things like social disapproval and our sense of self-worth.