16/07/2016

Ryan and Tyler were twins. When the family had pie for dessert, each boy complained that the other got a bigger piece. So Mom decided on this policy. She would first cut a double-size piece; then one boy would cut this into two equal pieces and the other boy would choose one of the pieces.

The twins appreciated the fairness of this policy and got very good at cutting a piece of pie into two precisely equal pieces. Later the boys asked, “Mom, is there any way to bring such fairness to other choices?”

Mom answered: “There are bound to be disputes; but we can minimize these by applying the golden rule: ‘Treat another only in ways that you’re willing that you’d be treated in the same situation.’ If people followed this, there’d be few complaints about unfair treatment.”

http://www.pravsworld.com/philosophy-for-life/

The golden rule: fairness! If it could be so easy to teach the society as it was to teach the two boys... Unluckily, people forget what they learnt! And for some of them, this forgetfulness is chronic...