The Golden Rule is intolerable; if millions did to others whatever they wished others to do to them, few would be safe from molestation. The Golden Rule shows anything but moral genius, and the claim by which it is followed in the Sermon on the Mount — ‘this is the Law and the Prophets’ — makes little sense.

The Golden Rule is intolerable; if millions did to others whatever they wished others to do to them, few would be safe from molestation. The Golden Rule shows anything but moral genius, and the claim by which it is followed in the Sermon on the Mount — ‘this is the Law and the Prophets’ — makes little sense.

– Walter Kaufmann –

Without Guilt and Justice: From Decidophobia to Autonomy

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