UnGolden Rule #1 – “Treat others the way they treat you.”

New Heights: Love God Passionately and love people Tangibly

The Roads to the Golden Rule (internally)

a. Treat myself the way I want to be treated

b. Treat others the way that makes me feel best.

“Until we embrace our mutual brokenness, our work with low-income people is likely to do more harm than good. I sometimes unintentionally reduce poor people to objects that I use to fulfill my own need to accomplish something. I am not okay, and you are not okay. But Jesus can fix us both.” Steve Corbett, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself

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The Roads to the Golden Rule (internally)

a. Treat myself the way I want to be treated

b. Treat others the way that makes me feel best.

c. Treat others the way you want to be treated.

The Golden Rule differs from the maxim of reciprocity captured in do ut des—"I give so that you will give in return"—and is rather a unilateral moral commitment to the well-being of the other without the expectation of anything in return

1) The Roads to the Golden Rule (externally)

a. Love those that are similar to me.

b. Love those that are different than me.

c. Love my enemies