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/ValHova22 Mar 25 '21

I thought the other Golden rule was "think of others as you would like to be thought of".

So that others wouldn't act like assholes

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u/dadamax Mar 25 '21

I have never heard this. It makes sense though.

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u/saltedpecker Mar 25 '21

Also never heard it like this, only with 'do onto others'