About
According to the Golden Rule, an agent's action is morally wrong if and only if he or she would be opposed to others doing the same thing to him or her.
This website helps you understand how the Golden Rule works by taking you through the process that someone who lives by it might go through to decide how to act in a particular situation. If you are interested in checking out how this theory compares to other moral theories, I would encourage you to click on the 'Related Sites' tab at the top of the page.
Instructions
To begin, describe the action you would like to evaluate, and click 'Done'.
Next, you will be asked whether you would be opposed to others doing the same thing to you. Answer this question by clicking on one of the boxes on the right side of the page.
Once you've done that, you will be asked whether there is something else you could do that you would be okay with others doing to you. Again, answer this question by clicking on one of the boxes on the right side of the page.
After you've answered these questions, a button will appear. Clicking that button will reveal whether you are morally permitted to perform the action in question according to the Golden Rule. To see how that conclusion is reached, click here.
If at any point you would like to change your answer to one of the questions, you are welcome to do that. Note, however, that if you change your answer to one of the questions after you've already clicked the button at the bottom of the page to determine whether you may perform the action you're evaluating, you will have to click that button again to reevaluate it in light of the change you made.
Help
Although this site is pretty straightforward, some might be interested in more information about the Golden Rule, which can be found at Wikipedia.
How does this site work?
After you describe the action you're evaluating, answer the questions, and click the button to see whether you may perform the action you're evaluating, the site checks your answers to those questions.
If you indicate that you would be opposed to others doing the same thing to you, then the Golden Rule entails that your act is not morally permissible.
If, however, you indicate that you would not be opposed to others doing the same thing to you, then the Golden Rule entails that your act is at least morally permissible.
In this case, whether the action you're evaluating is also morally obligatory depends on how you would answer the second question. If you indicate that there is something else you could that you would be okay with others doing to you, then the Golden Rule entails that your act is merely morally permissible. Otherwise, the Golden Rule entails that your act is also morally obligatory.
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