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Two Key Revisions to the Golden Rule
Apr. 20th, 2007 03:31 pmI've long been of the opinion that the golden rule, "Treat others as you wish to be treated," isn't terribly sound. For example I like videogame music, and I would love it if people would play videogame music while we were driving somewhere, but I don't think it would be a good idea for me to play videogame music for my vehicular guests. There are situations in which it applies, but it seems to me like it is far from universal.
To replace it, I try to go with, "Treat others as they wish to be treated." This seems to work very well when I'm able to figure out how they wish to be treated and when it doesn't cross any of my boundaries to do that.
More importantly to me, earlier this afternoon I had a mini-epiphany: ( Treat yourself as you wish others would treat you. )
To replace it, I try to go with, "Treat others as they wish to be treated." This seems to work very well when I'm able to figure out how they wish to be treated and when it doesn't cross any of my boundaries to do that.
More importantly to me, earlier this afternoon I had a mini-epiphany: ( Treat yourself as you wish others would treat you. )
