Originally Posted by Mia
I think this is the driving principal behind all religions, and what I try to instill in my ds. It's not a Christian principle ... it's a *human* principle. smile

Is empathy a value in all cultures?

Reciprocity is certainly a unifying principle in game theory, but it may be more honored as in an eye for an eye, rather than preventing harm to others!

I've had discussions on Morals with Chinese, Hindus, tribal Africans, and Pashtuns. While they may reach many or some of the same results, the methods and justifications are very different. Some things are very strange, too.

Interestingly, most non-Western cultures never discovered Logic and are incapable of valueing an abstract discussion and hence Truth does not exist. ( OTOH, Truth does not lock them in, either. )