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17 connected korrents · 9 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 12 Feb 2026.

Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under religion religion Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality 'Do not do to others what you would notwant done to you' cannot be a universallaw of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reciprocity can serve as a rule for life: do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself — tap to centre the map on it Reciprocity can serve as a rule forlife: do not do to others what youdo not want done to yourself CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: The laws of nature need no proclaiming: they are one sentence the whole world approves, do not do to another what you would think unreasonable done to you — tap to centre the map on it The laws of nature need noproclaiming: they are one sentencethe whole world approves, do not doto another what you would thinkunreasonable done to you TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules — tap to centre the map on it The virtues needed to lead a goodlife cannot be formulated as rules MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting one calculation take over a giving decision is disturbing, and there is still a strong case for it if you want your ethics to be principled and about other people. — tap to centre the map on it Letting one calculation take over agiving decision is disturbing, andthere is still a strong case for itif you want your ethics to beprincipled and about other people. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Do not do to others what is hateful to you: that is the whole law, and the rest is commentary — tap to centre the map on it Do not do to others what is hatefulto you: that is the whole law, andthe rest is commentary HE Hillel the Elder — holds since c. 30 BCE–10 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish — tap to centre the map on it One has to allow for theself-serving bias of everybody else,and failing to do so is foolish Last stated 19 years ago 13 May 2007 CM Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Christians who sell enslaved families apart betray their own rule to do unto others as they would be done by — tap to centre the map on it Christians who sell enslavedfamilies apart betray their own ruleto do unto others as they would bedone by Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Do to others whatever you would have them do to you: this is the law and the prophets — tap to centre the map on it Do to others whatever you would havethem do to you: this is the law andthe prophets JN Jesus of Nazareth — holds since c. 6 BCE–33 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it Abolitionists who felt the slave'swrongs were blind to the equal legalwrongs of their own mothers, wivesand sisters ES Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it Assuming stupidity rather thanmalice changes the response: empathyand clarity instead ofdefensiveness. Last stated 2 years ago 16 Nov 2024 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it Being an excellent programmer is aburden rather than an advantage whenlearning to work with coding agents. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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At the centre 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality Last stated c. 1785 Holds Immanuel Kant Read this korrent →