"Whatever rules I make up for myself that I think will give me an advantage in life, I must also allow other people to treat me in the same ways in their dealings with me.
That is only fair,"
And what if you don't follow your rules or what if someone does not want to follow your rules because they conflict with his rules that give him an advantage? How do you determine what's fair? certainly everone does not start out at the same place or level.
Well, how do we resolve such conflicts today? Depending on how serious the conflict is, there are traditions & unwritten rules that guide a resolution, or they may have to resort to the law. A resolution could involve forgiveness, one party deciding to accomodate the other's wishes, one party buying out the other party in some way, both parties deciding to just end their relationship, or one party warns the world via the Internet not to do business with the other party, or one party takes the other party to court, or one party calls up their Attorney General, etc. etc."Whatever rules I make up for myself that I think will give me an advantage in life, I must also allow other people to treat me in the same ways in their dealings with me.
That is only fair,"
And what if you don't follow your rules or what if someone does not want to follow your rules because they conflict with his rules that give him an advantage? How do you determine what's fair? certainly everone does not start out at the same place or level.
IOW, a free & healthy society has developed several types of technologies, so to speak, for dealing with conflicts as peacefully & positively as possible. I'm not sure how believing in God per se is going to make it any more certain that good rules will get developed than bad ones.