I said in my earlier post that it REQUIRES knowledge of the person.
Perhaps the reason the Golden Rule was promulgated in its original
form was to take account of the fact that we can only know a very few
people intimately well-thus, appealing to an interior world-view as a
propective
surrogate for the unknown party's humanity would provide the only
conveniently
available template of likely beneficial behavior...never thought about this
before...thanks!
By the way, in an incredibly bizzarre coincidence, I happen to be a
Jehovah's
Witness. Weird huh? So, in the spirit of my rule, I promise to not bother
you henceforth.
dg