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" The strong Golden Rule is, however, not always applicable. Suppose you are a liberal attempting to empathize with a conservative, whose Strict Father views contradict the very kind of empathy you are trying to use. To adopt his values is to undermine any possible success at implementing your values. When the value system as a whole is at stake, the strong Golden Rule may yield a paradox. To obey it is not to obey it. When discussing values that are less than all-inclusive, the strong Golden Rule is not subject to such a paradox. The "

George Lakoff , Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think


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George Lakoff quote : The strong Golden Rule is, however, not always applicable. Suppose you are a liberal attempting to empathize with a conservative, whose Strict Father views contradict the very kind of empathy you are trying to use. To adopt his values is to undermine any possible success at implementing your values. When the value system as a whole is at stake, the strong Golden Rule may yield a paradox. To obey it is not to obey it. When discussing values that are less than all-inclusive, the strong Golden Rule is not subject to such a paradox. The