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The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule

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The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
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The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 4:22 pm
Which is the better rule as a general moral guideline... the silver rule or the golden rule?

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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 4:29 pm
Which Golden Rule?

The supposed philosophical stuff or the republicunt version:  "Them that has the gold make the rules?"
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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 4:54 pm
I've never heard of a silver rule. The golden rule has its flaws, but I think is still a decent idea.
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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 5:15 pm
The silver rule is: don't talk about the silver rule.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 5:17 pm
Where is the poll choice for bestestessesness turtlificum ??
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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 5:28 pm
The silver rule is redundant, yet doesn't cover as much as the golden rule.
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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 5:56 pm (This post was last modified: March 22, 2017 at 5:59 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
The silver rule is don't do unto others as you wouldn't have them do unto you. Which means you won't do things to other people if they are things that would harm you.

And I find it less interfering and less "It's for your own good" than the golden rule... and since not everyone likes to be treated the same way.

The silver rule at least doesn't harm people directly whereas the golden rule definitely can. It can be officious.

Personally I think the two most principal moral principles are "Do no harm." and "Do some help." I think the silver rule is a very basic guide to doing no harm and the golden rule is a very basic guide to doing some help. I definitely think there is an asymmetry between pleasure and suffering and thus I lean more towards the side if the negative utilitarian than the pleasure utilitarian and I consider myself a moral antinatalist. I think of the two basic moral principles that I suggested ("Do no harm" and "Do some help.") "Do no harm." is hence the most fundamental of the two and therefore because the silver rule aligns with that better than the golden rule it is therefore the most fundamental of the two rules.
(March 22, 2017 at 5:17 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Where is the poll choice for bestestessesness turtlificum ??

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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 6:04 pm
What about the platinum rule?

"Give Beccs all your platinum. And sapphires!"

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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 6:28 pm
(March 22, 2017 at 6:04 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: What about the platinum rule?

"Give Beccs all your platinum.  And sapphires!"

Well shit. That's not what I wanted the Beccs rule to be, not anywhere close. (nudge nudge)
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RE: The Silver Rule > The Golden Rule
March 22, 2017 at 6:32 pm
(March 22, 2017 at 6:28 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(March 22, 2017 at 6:04 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: What about the platinum rule?

"Give Beccs all your platinum.  And sapphires!"

Well shit. That's not what I wanted the Beccs rule to be, not anywhere close. (nudge nudge)

You have something against sapphires??

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