[Vision2020] Seeking some definitions -- just what do you mean?

[Jeff Harkins]

Of course, the Golden Rule presumes that others would want you to 
treat them the way you want to be treated.



At 09:31 PM 11/18/2007, you wrote:

>Ralph Nielsen wrote:
>  > And just what does Chris mean by "biblical morality"?
>  > Oh, I know, anything that Doug Wilson or any other "authority"
>  > decrees it to be. In fact, morality has nothing to do with religion
>  > at all.
>  >
>Paul
>While we're on this subject and since this list has a lot of
>philosophers who read it, where does morality come from?  I have morals,
>but they don't come from my religion.  In fact, some god telling me to
>do something I know is wrong doesn't change anything, except that I now
>have to choose whether to do it or face the consequences.  So where do
>we derive our morals from?  Our family?  Our genes?  Society?
>
>Ralph:
>Morality is as old as the hills, Paul. It's all about the Golden
>Rule: Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. Or
>as some prefer: Do to others as you would have others do to you. This
>rule is found all around the world, regardless of religion or
>superstition.
>
>
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