Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Atila Reincarnate Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Ted Max Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > > > > Atila, what if you are a miserable sod who > > likes getting nothing better than a good punch > up? > > Does that mean you can treat others in the same > way? > > ------- > > Behave, you know exactly what I mean. > > > Not everything is a personal challenge, Atila. > Just pursuing a line of philospohical enquiry. > > Let me put it another way: what if "how you would > be done by" doesn't accord with how the other > person would wish to be "done to"? > > Is "do as you would be done by" enough of a > philosophy in ethics, and does it necessarily lead > to the greater common good (to stick with the > utilitarian approach)? Like I said before, I didn't take it as a personal challenge, you know exactly what I mean.