From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Moral philos.  
Date & Time: 05/09/91 22:58:03
Message Number 16706

   I don't see how your sentence ("If you do something which doesn't
harm others directly and hurts others only incidentally, you are not
'doing onto' others what you wouldn't want done unto you.") could be
taken to mean ANYTHING but both direct and indirect harm is prohibited.
     
   Changing the topic slightly, you said, "You can't really put an
entire system of ethics into a single sentence."  My question: Do you
feel you can put an entire system of ethics into English?  Is ethics
completely describable?
    
   I agree that the Wiccan rule is more broad than the Jewish rule.  I
also agree that Crowley's rule is more broad than the two of them. So
what?
     
   Which of the two comes "closer to the mark," of course depends on
your full system of ethics: I'm sure the two of us would disagree on
a huge number of points on what's ethical.  
                        //Dragonfly//