asr comments on Pluralistic Moral Reductionism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: asr 05 June 2011 11:00:37PM 2 points [-]

It's an analytical truth that you shouldn't do to others what you wouldn't want done to yourself.

I'm skeptical that this statement is true, let alone an analytic truth. Different people have different desires. I take the Golden Rule to be a valuable heuristic, but no more than that.

What is your reason for believing that it is true as an absolute rule?