(September 7, 2015 at 1:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
Treat others the way you would want to be treated.
There are at least two things wrong with that idea. First, other people are not going to follow it. And second, different people have different ideas about how they want to be treated. In my case, if I said something moronic, I would want someone to show me that it is moronic, so that I can rid myself of a moronic belief. I don't want other people to tell me, "that's a fine idea" if it isn't a fine idea.
So, if I were to follow that rule, I would tell people they have silly beliefs when they say silly things. The fact that they might want others to just tell them they have a great idea is irrelevant to that.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
