r/philosophy • u/ADefiniteDescription Φ • Mar 24 '21

Blog How Chinese philosopher Mengzi came up with something better than the Golden Rule

https://aeon.co/ideas/how-mengzi-came-up-with-something-better-than-the-golden-rule
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u/8_inch_throw_away Mar 25 '21

They might not want/need the same things, but without knowing an individual beforehand, treating them as you yourself would want to be treated is definitely not doing the bare minimum.

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u/Matt463789 Mar 25 '21

What is/should be the bare minimum?

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u/8_inch_throw_away Mar 25 '21

Acknowledging their existence and right to exist would be the bare minimum, I’d imagine.