The Golden Rule ? Sense or Bullshit?

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I accept what you say but for me you are making a lot of assumptions. First of all the assumption is made that what you see as good and acceptable is also good and acceptable to your neighbor.

I don't know if you ever traveled to other countries that have very different cultures to your own? Well, I did and I burnt my fingers a few times in this respect.

I think my question is really about how practical statements like that are compared to accepting it as a philosophical, spiritual or religious truth that sounds nice and gives us the cosy feeling but are as impractical as can be.

So to my mind it can still be either a statement of sense or bullshit.

Lived in 4 countries, been in 7, mostly asia and north america. What has this got to do with anything i'm not sure.

ok, i looked at my original post, and as expected, i didn't use the word "good" to say you should do "good". To clarify i meant beneficial. I might as well restate my point which is because we're social beings, what benefits others generally ends up benefiting us. What is beneficial is generally quite obvious. Genkaus has pointed out that just like everything, there are exceptions to this rule.

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If I'm a sadomasochist and enjoy being tortured, do I get to torture others?

haha, you know, i think part of this rule deals with the reciprocity aspect of human interaction. So one could say that if you tortured someone, you may get them to torture you, too, achieving your goal.