Gauging the Golden Rule 16 Articles

by Shawna Blake

Stay Golden. The Golden Rule is called exactly that because of what it represents. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," it is perhaps the best explained and meaningful rule that ever was made. It should be ...read more

by Tremolo

The way the question is stated my answer is: no it is not. I do not understand why this question is even being raised here. But in the spirit of getting knowledge and giving some - which makes Helium K. a great place - I...read more

by Mariya G

The Golden Rule seems like a viable candidate for adoption as a moral rule of thumb due to its apparent universality and simplicity (therein, of course, lie its problems). Whether the Christian, the Buddhist, or any oth...read more

by Andrew Spriggs

The Golden Rule has appeared throughout religion and philosophy in several iterations, from Buddhism to Christianity to the Baha'i faith even to Jainism or Confucianism. Its form appears to sparkle with a flawless luster i...read more

by Robert Heintzman

The Golden Rule is probably the most rational and universal rule to be found in spiritual writings. It's equivalent can be found in most, if not all, religions thus demonstrating its universality. The problem of gaging lie...read more

by George Allan

In order to gauge the golden rule it must be understood that the application already has its absolute exemplar in the originator of that rule.ie: Jesus.To say that other faiths have this rule also is not correct for this ...read more

by Ivan-ac

Though I am aware that the golden rule stems from various religious belief systems, I myself am not a religious person. I do however find oceans of moral guidance in the good book that transend religious practice and find ...read more

by Laura Emerson

My quest for the truth of who I am got up close and personal last January when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. For 59 years, I believed that if I was a kind, caring and thoughtful daughter, sister, wife and mother, tha...read more

by Renee Soulie

The Kingdom of Ends - Living Under the Rule of Categorical Imperative The Kingdom of Ends is not another suburb or bedroom community whose citizens trundle off by day into the city' and return home in the evening t...read more

by T. M. Beeker

Usually I will avoid religious or philosophical discussions because there is far too wide a field of interpretation. Forgive my big Southern mouth but can't help but wonder how simplicity becomes so ensnared by thinking pe...read more

by Matthew Ryan

There is a place for pure analytical reason and logic, and there is a time to put such thought processes aside. I studied ethics in college, and it took me a long time to figure out that ethics is not a strictly axiomatic...read more

by Georgi Markov

Why we do live? The engine of life This is one of the questions which we asking ourselves every day. If we look over the life as two boxes, in the...read more

by Michael Allen

The Golden Rule (GR) as stated provides a choice criterion for human action insofar as the acting being decides upon a choice falling within the provisions of the rule. But GR breaks down whenever a choice of action is in...read more

by Jay O'Toole

Title: The Trout and The Whale Body: The old bull whale had lived many, many years and had become quite skilled in patrolling the waters of the seven seas. He was the oldest and wisest whale in the world, and ha...read more