On Sep 19, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
On 08/09/2006, at 7:16 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
Probably you haven't asked the right person. I base my ethical
decisions on my ability to empathize. If I know a given action would
cause me misery, I know that it's an action I shouldn't perpetrate
upon another.
...unless you've asked first. While "do unto others" is a reasonable
first approximation, it can also be arrogance to assume that what we
want is what others want. But it's a starting point.
On that note, I recommend
http://www.autismstreet.org/weblog/?p=17
Important excerpt:
The Platinum Rule is: Do unto others as they would have you do unto
them.
Does that also apply to mega-hot schoolteachers in their 20s and their
fourteen-year-old students?
Just tossing in a monkey-wrench. ;)
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Warren Ockrassa
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