tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16075342.post1686934736624949711..comments2023-03-23T05:45:55.345-07:00Comments on Imagining a Better Future: Phoebe Prince and the Golden Rulepfbuckley@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03461262851241454319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16075342.post-41833867718210132572010-04-16T17:32:55.431-07:002010-04-16T17:32:55.431-07:00Jack - I appreciate your thoughtfulness in thinkin...Jack - I appreciate your thoughtfulness in thinking through how we use the golden rule in a limited way. The way I think your discussion is unhelpful is in not making it very clear that such a limited application is actually a violation of the golden rule, because in its biblical context it is assumed that it is not selectively applied. <br /><br />I think folks need to know that such an application is unethical and falls short of the golden rule.<br /><br />Does that make sense?pfbuckley@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461262851241454319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16075342.post-61774966970474692972010-04-11T10:05:30.710-07:002010-04-11T10:05:30.710-07:00I wrote the article at "Ethics Alarms," ...I wrote the article at "Ethics Alarms," and I agree that the application of The Golden Rule being used is incomplete. But such applications are common, used, for example, to justify not "snitching" when one is aware of the criminal activity of others. I don't see how pointing this out is "unhelpful." A close friend of mine remained in denial about her daughter's clinical depression, and didn't take action, leaving her alone when she was nearing a crisis. My friend could argue that her daughter's suicide was the school's fault, or her boy friend's, or her employer's, but she knows that she had access to more information than any of them, and failed. Every parent would be eager to join her in blaming others, because we wouldn't want to be held responsible for our own child's death in any circumstances. But this instinct keeps us from an honest, unbiased analysis, and makes solutions harder to find.Jack Marshallhttp://www.ethicsalarms.comnoreply@blogger.com