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Strictly followed, the golden rule would negate law and can be obeyed only under a society that rejects it
Drawn from what Thomas Henry Huxley said
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- Thomas Henry Huxley English biologist and advocate of Darwin's theory (1825 to 1895)
Strictly observed, the "golden rule" involves the negation of law by the refusal to put it in motion against law-breakers; and, as regards the external relations of a polity, it is the refusal to continue the struggle for existence. It can be obeyed, even partially, only under the protection of a society which repudiates it.
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↗Evolution and Ethics: Prolegomena and Romanes Lecture (1893-1894)gutenberg.org
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