EP69: The Golden Rule Universality of Respect and Grace - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

A Universal Rule that Zeroes Aggression

What if everyone already agrees with you?

There's a concept that's agreed upon almost universally. The version most Americans know is called the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have done to you."

It's Golden for a reason. It's primary. It's elevated. It sums up a lot.

And any professed adherent to the long list of value systems we cover in this still short episode should be able to appreciate the Zero Aggression Principle...

_Never aggress against another person to achieve a social goal, nor authorize another person to do that on your behalf._

Episode 3 (June, 2022) was about the Golden Rule. In it, I (Jim) told my personal Golden Rule story, which involved Ron Paul and Rene Girard. Bill and I also discussed how to steelman (as opposed to strawman).

Here in episode 69, we not only had new things to say about the Golden Rule, but also I presented something so original you've probably never heard it before...

Where do your rights come from? Once you know the answer to that question, you can see and understand the secret to making a successful social appeal!
We also cover Golden Rule applications like...

- The Second-level Steelman
- The Philosophy of Human Respect

And I answer the question, "Why do we veer away from the Golden Rule?"

Timeline
0:00 Intro
0:43 Second Golden Rule episode
2:29 Universality of Golden Rule
6:33 Alleged "masochist" objection
7:46 Golden Rule in philosophy
9:41 Silver rules like Zero Aggression Principle {the crawler wasn't up very long, and it was reverse-lettered (white) so difficult to read - don't replace this time, just a note for next time}
11:35 The basis of your rights
14:36 Strategy of appeal
18:12 Second-level Steelman
24:03 The music method to grace - Musimorphic
25:47 Philosophy of Human Respect
29:29 Why do we veer away from Golden Rule?
30:56 Are you a good person?

Gracearchy Episode 3 - https://youtu.be/F8cjuHubZuU

The Universal Golden Rule - https://i0.wp.com/kidworldcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/52014Golden_Rule_Poster.jpg?ssl=1

Bill Protzmann is your moderator.

ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

You can also listen while you work or drive on Pandora, iHeart, Google Podcasts, and Spotify -- or on any app that uses these platforms.

Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/

We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme.
► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501
OR you can purchase his music on BandCamp:
► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/
► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected]

Be grace-full to each other.