yellow_matter_custard@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoRational Self-Interestsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1881arrow-down126
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minus-squareWatDabney@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·22 days agoOr more pointedly, they are all things that illustrate ways in which it’s in your rational self-interest to not be a dickhead.
minus-squareEllen_musk_ox@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoBut the golden rule presents the flaw of self interests. The golden rule relies on you presuming others want to be treated the same as you. You shouldn’t treat others as you’d like. You should treat others as they’d like.
Or more pointedly, they are all things that illustrate ways in which it’s in your rational self-interest to not be a dickhead.
But the golden rule presents the flaw of self interests. The golden rule relies on you presuming others want to be treated the same as you.
You shouldn’t treat others as you’d like. You should treat others as they’d like.