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The Golden Rule is accepted everywhere, and gives a fixed target for morality
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Full Idea:
Pascal asks where we can find a fixed point in morality. The answer is in that single maxim accepted by all nations: "Do not do to others what you would not like to have done to you".
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From:
Francois-Marie Voltaire (Philosophical Letters from England [1733], 25)
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A reaction:
Should I only offer to my guests foods which I myself like? If I don't mind a bit of pain, is it all right to inflict it? It is a sensible rule, but not precise enough for philosophy.
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