Description: Jason Batts' Blog...where trivial matters edge towards significance
We live in a world beset by complex problems. Naturally, our inclination would be to assume that in order to solve those problems we need to divine equally complex solutions. It is my pleasure to assure you that seeking those complex solutions won’t actually be necessary. The answer to all that plagues our planet can be found in one of humanity’s oldest and most universal principles…you may know it simply as, “The Golden Rule”.
The maxim to “Do Unto Others As You’d Have Them Do Unto You,” sounds more like a reprimand from a kindergarten teacher than the answer for all the world’s ills. But we’ve marginalized the power of this idea by allowing it to be constrained to Sunday School classes and dusty philosophy textbooks. The Golden Rule is not merely a neglected childhood lesson, it is a naturally occurring shared value that speaks to the interconnectedness of all living things. It is a preeminent universal guideline that reminds
The Golden Rule is the solution to our problems precisely because its absence and neglect has been the trigger that has brought all of our problems about in the first place. Millions go hungry, our environment is destroyed, violence is perpetrated, and the weak are exploited all because too many of us have not embraced the fundamental law we were taught to follow as children. The application of the Golden Rule would not so much be a fix as it would simply bring about a cessation of all the pressures that