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| La Justice, Bernard d'Agesci: scales in one hand and in the other hand a book with "Dieu, la Loi, et le Roi" on one page and the Golden rule on the other page. |
"...when we extol the Golden Rule we assume that both sides are decent, not twisted; that both sides have much the same set of moral values; that others feel about things as we do. This assumption, note, is not morally neutral, but contains moral content—content independent of the Golden Rule itself. Moreover, it is a sad fact that of life that this assumption of universal decency does not always hold, or at least not always look the same, even among those who advertise themselves as morally upstanding. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of idealogical extremists and religious cultists and sadomasochists and sociopaths, and they can apply the Golden Rule as rigorously as anyone else."
Patricia Churchland
Braintrust (2011)
Chapter 7
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