What It Means To Be Treated: The Golden Rule

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Imagine a world where people treated others as they would like to be treated. Surely a world with no conflict comes to mind. Now think of the way that the world actually is and a big difference will be noticed. The first thing that might be noticed, of course, is that it seems today that there is nothing but conflict in this world. This is because of things such as greed, but that is besides the point. Remember the saying in the first sentence? This idea comes from something called The Golden Rule. The Golden Rule, which is “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is a rule that evidently is not followed. This rule basically means that you should treat others as you wish to be treated. It is not followed, partly because of all the natural greed found in people. On a daily basis, people are stolen from, killed, intentionally hurt by somebody else’s doing and so on and so forth. Now it is highly notable that all the people that cause this harm to others don’t want these things to happen to them, but they still go through …show more content…

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