I think the nuance of the golden rule is that “treat others the way you want to be treated.” Implies that the way I want to be treated is that I want someone to consider that I might be different to them. If someone was unsure of how I want to be treated, I would want to be asked, or have them be considerate enough to avoid treatment they’re unsure about, therefore, I do the same. It doesn’t mean “punch someone because you want to be punched.” (To exaggerate).
The golden rule is perfect if you use that bit of nuance and we don’t have to make up a new rule.
There is a reason the platinum rule exists. The first time I heard it when I was younger, it blew my mind to consider that my preferences wouldn’t be the same as others’, and to pay special attention to how other people want to be treated.
Don’t poopoo it if it is obvious to you, that is not the same for others. Also someone made up the golden rule, so what is wrong with making up one better?
The platinum rule is fine insofar as it’s true and not a bad thing to consider it just doesn’t make sense to me to chalk it up to another rule.
I don’t really think it is a better rule. For one thing, it’s encapsulated in the golden rule as I explained. For another thing the golden rule is phrased the way it is because it’s meant as an introspective idea. It’s meant as a heuristic when you can’t know how someone else might want to be treated, or when you are making a decision that might affect other people without full information of who they are or what they want.
Part of the reason we teach it to kids so that they can have an understanding that their actions affect other people to the same extent that other people affect them.
I think the nuance of the golden rule is that “treat others the way you want to be treated.” Implies that the way I want to be treated is that I want someone to consider that I might be different to them. If someone was unsure of how I want to be treated, I would want to be asked, or have them be considerate enough to avoid treatment they’re unsure about, therefore, I do the same. It doesn’t mean “punch someone because you want to be punched.” (To exaggerate).
The golden rule is perfect if you use that bit of nuance and we don’t have to make up a new rule.
There is a reason the platinum rule exists. The first time I heard it when I was younger, it blew my mind to consider that my preferences wouldn’t be the same as others’, and to pay special attention to how other people want to be treated.
Don’t poopoo it if it is obvious to you, that is not the same for others. Also someone made up the golden rule, so what is wrong with making up one better?
The platinum rule is fine insofar as it’s true and not a bad thing to consider it just doesn’t make sense to me to chalk it up to another rule.
I don’t really think it is a better rule. For one thing, it’s encapsulated in the golden rule as I explained. For another thing the golden rule is phrased the way it is because it’s meant as an introspective idea. It’s meant as a heuristic when you can’t know how someone else might want to be treated, or when you are making a decision that might affect other people without full information of who they are or what they want.
Part of the reason we teach it to kids so that they can have an understanding that their actions affect other people to the same extent that other people affect them.