"The Golden Rule- One or Many, Gold or Glitter?" Jeffrey Wattles.

RESPONSE TO "THE GOLDEN RULE-ONE OR MANY, GOLD OR GLITTER" (quotations page numbers from 'Inquiry: Questioning, reading, writing", second edition by Lynn Z. Bloom and Edward M. White) In his essay, "The Golden Rule- One or Many, Gold or Glitter?" Jeffrey Wattles discusses the many carnations of the universal rule, "Do to others as you want others to do to you", and its influence on the way we live. This widespread advice from the Gods …

…could what we want for ourselves not be good, but assuming that other wants the same is unwise and somewhat self-centered. In concluded his examination of the golden rule Wattles offers us several ways to consider the rule. "Abandon the rule, reformulate it, or retain is as commonly worded, while taking advantage of objections to clarify its proper interpretation. I take the third way" (Inquiry, p#240, paragraph 24) And I would have to agree with him.