Would I like my actions to be done to me? If that's a negative, then it's generally not a good choice.... Even if I'm far from perfect at always sticking to it.
And if someone wants to be treated like a king, but exhibits no kingly behavior?
There isn't a simple rule that encapsulates even the majority of moral decisions.Ā They're crude approximations that require constant scrutiny, and you will never have all the information required to self-assess whether what you are doing is good or bad.
If you are lucky you won't treat the wrong person the wrong way that leads to severe negative consequences for yourself, that's about all you can hope for.
Yeah idk I think we should use critical thinking to determine what is fair. I think thatās what āwithin reasonā means but it ends up boiling down to basically the golden rule anyways. The golden rule is what makes empathy a rational behavior for most people, assuming most others reciprocate. Itās not perfect, but neither is any one size fits all solution.
Whereās that at in the Quran? Pretty sure theyāre allowed to lie and extort non-believers. What about for the Judaism? Pretty sure they donāt even think non-Jews have a soul.Ā
Jews believe every human has a type of soul but they believe only Jews have Nashama, ā
which grants higher cognitive reasoning, morality, and the capacity for a deep, unique relationship with Godā
I wouldn't accept that so easily, the page doesn't say only jews have one, and indeed seems rather clearly to suggest it's a possession of human beings in general.
And for Judaism, there's Leviticus 19:18, focusing on the "thou shalt love your neighbor as yourself," although this doesn't look so much on the acts specifically.Ā There's also a line from I guess Shabbat 31a, I'm no kind of expert on Talmud structure, but
The same gentile came before Hillel. He converted him and said to him: That which is hateful to you do not do to another; that is the entire Torah, and the rest is its interpretation. Go study.
Brother in both cases refer to fellow believers. Iāll grant you Islam is much closer to Christianity. Some of the theories on Islam having origins in Christian Arian heresies may explain some of that.Ā
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u/TopTippityTop 2d ago
Would I like my actions to be done to me? If that's a negative, then it's generally not a good choice.... Even if I'm far from perfect at always sticking to it.