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The ''' | The '''Golden Rule''' is a principle that states that a person should treat others as he would like to be treated. It an important principle in both the Old and New Testaments of the [[Holy Bible]],<ref>{{#bible: Leviticus 19:18}}</ref><ref>{{#bible: Matthew 7:12}}</ref><ref>{{#bible: Luke 6:31}}</ref> The Giant grocery store company teaches its employees to follow the "Golden Rule of Bagging" by bagging others' groceries as they would like their groceries to be bagged. Such policies tend to favor prioritizing customer service over cost control, in those situations in which an optional service such as double bagging is free of charge to the customer. As with other forms of [[altruism]], the practicality of the Golden Rule is questionable when it is taken to an extreme, especially when others do not reciprocate. | ||
Another classic objection to the Golden Rule is the fact that others may not have the same preferences as oneself. A [[suicidal]] person, for instance, may wish that someone would put him out of his misery; that does not mean that others would regard it as beneficial for him to end their lives. [[David Gordon]] notes the failure of one argument for a golden-rule test of management: "[I]f you were an employee of a firm where you weren't given a say in management, you would think this was unfair. Therefore, you should support democratic management for all firms. Of course the problem here is that the author can't just assume that you would think your not getting a say in management is unfair — that's what he is supposed to be trying to prove."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/5912/How-to-Think-An-Introduction-to-Logic|title=How to Think: An Introduction to Logic|date=7 February 2012|author=Gordon, David}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 22:13, 19 October 2012
The Golden Rule is a principle that states that a person should treat others as he would like to be treated. It an important principle in both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible,[1][2][3] The Giant grocery store company teaches its employees to follow the "Golden Rule of Bagging" by bagging others' groceries as they would like their groceries to be bagged. Such policies tend to favor prioritizing customer service over cost control, in those situations in which an optional service such as double bagging is free of charge to the customer. As with other forms of altruism, the practicality of the Golden Rule is questionable when it is taken to an extreme, especially when others do not reciprocate.
Another classic objection to the Golden Rule is the fact that others may not have the same preferences as oneself. A suicidal person, for instance, may wish that someone would put him out of his misery; that does not mean that others would regard it as beneficial for him to end their lives. David Gordon notes the failure of one argument for a golden-rule test of management: "[I]f you were an employee of a firm where you weren't given a say in management, you would think this was unfair. Therefore, you should support democratic management for all firms. Of course the problem here is that the author can't just assume that you would think your not getting a say in management is unfair — that's what he is supposed to be trying to prove."[4]
References
- ↑ {{#bible: Leviticus 19:18}}
- ↑ {{#bible: Matthew 7:12}}
- ↑ {{#bible: Luke 6:31}}
- ↑ Gordon, David (7 February 2012). "How to Think: An Introduction to Logic". http://mises.org/daily/5912/How-to-Think-An-Introduction-to-Logic.