[ExI] morality

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Tue May 16 20:49:49 UTC 2023


The Wiccan Rede apparently is just a statement of the writings of John
STuart Mill in 'On Liberty'.

Both the Golden and Platinum Rules break down when the other person is a
masochist    bill w

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 3:34 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> On 16/05/2023 20:47, billw wrote:
>
> I was thinking of how to build a moral system.  What should be the basic
> assumptions?  Start with the Bill of Rights?  Certainly a good place.
>
>
> For my money, the Wiccan Rede plus a variation of the 'platinum rule'*
> works well.
>
> Basically, do what you want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, and
> treat others as they would want to be treated (as long as you want to).
>
> * No, not the golden rule. Popular though it is, that one is fundamentally
> flawed (https://www.jesusandmo.net/tag/golden-rule/)
>
> Ben
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