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23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

7360	Do not do to others what you would not desire yourself [Kongzi (Confucius)]
	Full Idea: Do not do to others what you would not desire yourself. Then you will have no enemies, either in the state or in your home.
	From: Kongzi (Confucius) (The Analects (Lunyu) [c.511 BCE], XII.2)
	A reaction: The Golden Rule, but note the second sentence. Logically, it leads to the absurdity of not giving someone an Elvis record for Christmas because you yourself don't like Elvis. Kant (Idea 3733) and Nietzsche (Idea 4560) offer good criticisms.