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Sunday 27 April 2014

At Gattaca College, the answer is always the same in the end. Your personal feelings should never be more important than the communal and balanced legislation that respects human equality. That requires a D-day to solve in the end. You need a community so love your neighbour as you love yourself and do unto others as you would have them do unto you! That's it! You graduated. Otherwise, you will be reading the Book of Eli.


 Hinduism:  This is the sun of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you" (Mahabharata 5:1517)

 Judaism: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire law; all the rest is commentary" (Hillel, in the Talmud for the Sabbath 31a)

Zoroastrianism: " that nature alone is good which refrains from dong another whatsoever is not good for itself" (Dadisten-I-Dinik 94:5)

Buddhism: " Since others too care for their own selves, those who care for themselves should no hurt others" (Udanavarga 5:20)

Jainism: " A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated"(Sutrakritanga 1.11:33)

Daoism: Regard your neighbour's gain as your gain, and your neighbour's loss as your own loss" ( Tai-shang Kan-ying P'ien)

Confucianism: "Do not do to others what you would not like your-self. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state" (Analects 12:2)

Christianity: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the law and the prophets"

Matt 7:12)

Islam: No one of you is a believer until he desires for this brother that which he desires for himself'( Hadith of al-nawawi 13)


The key consideration underlying the ethics of restraint in all of the world's religions is the avoidance of doing harm to others. In that sense, at this basic level, the fundamental value that underpins the moral precepts in the faith traditions is really compassion in that there is a conscious regard for others. If one looks at the various list of sins-by which I mean actions that one ought not to do, such as killing stealing, adultery lying and so forth-they all involve varying degrees and kinds of harm against others. Clearly, the ways in which these precepts are grounded or justified in the faith traditions will differ.

-Dalai Lama: Toward a True kinship of faiths....

For a full summary, read 1st Corinthians 1:18-31.  

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