• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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    12 hours ago

    Nah, the rule

    Treat people as they want to be treated.

    doesn’t logically imply anything you wrote. It lacks constraints for justification.

    In contrast, treating others as you would want to be treated (if you were them) implies or suggests considering & supporting their justifiable needs vicariously (which draws on compassion). You wouldn’t want to give yourself unjust obligations. If someone wanted a treatment from you that is unjust, and you were them, then you would create an unjust obligation on yourself, so you wouldn’t do it. If they wanted a just treatment, and you were them, then you would want it, so you’d treat them accordingly.

    The element where you liken others to yourself operating by common moral rules is crucial.