What is your answer?

Golden rule arguments have you ask

    { 1 } - "If I were in X's place, how would I then desire to be treated?"
    { 2 } - "How do I now desire that I be treated if I were in X's place?"
    { 3 } - Both -- the two formulations mean the same thing.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

Golden rule arguments have you ask

You missed the point.

Suppose that you are about to spank your three-year-old child. If you were in the exact place of this child, you wouldn't then (as a three year old) want to be spanked. So the golden rule (thusly misinterpreted) would tell you not to spank your child.

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2 is correct!

Golden rule arguments have you ask

    { 1 } - "If I were in X's place, how would I then desire to be treated?"
    { 2 } - "How do I now desire that I be treated if I were in X's place?"
    { 3 } - Both -- the two formulations mean the same thing.

Suppose that you want to spank your three-year-old child. You have to endorse (1):

    (1) I presently (as an adult) desire that, if I were in the place of this three year old then I'd be spanked.

    (2) If I were in the exact place of this three year old, then I'd (as a three year old) desire to be spanked.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

Golden rule arguments have you ask

    { 1 } - "If I were in X's place, how would I then desire to be treated?"
    { 2 } - "How do I now desire that I be treated if I were in X's place?"
    { 3 } - Both -- the two formulations mean the same thing.

You missed the point. One formulation is much better than the other.

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