On 2 Sep 2008, at 02:18, Dan M wrote: > My personal favorite version is "love your neighbor as you love > yourself" > because this balances the importance of neighbor and oneself. I > know people > who are so self-sacrificing that they neglect themselves. How best > to do > this can be the subject of tremendous debate, since we do not have > enough > information to know outcomes. But, that's not my central point > here. My > central point is that the Golden Rule is an axiom; inherently > unprovable. > The only way to prove it is as a theorem from another axiom that's not > provable: e.g. because we are all made in the image and likeness of > God we > must love one's neighbor as oneself.
Or it could be a social contract. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Justice New Ideas Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~Voltaire. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
