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user-inactivated  ·  3246 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do You Approach Morality?

The golden rule sounds pretty good to me. "Do unto others what you wish to be done unto yourself" and "Don't do unto others what you wish not to be done unto yourself" are both working at the same time if you put your views right.

Would you want to break someone's heart by leaving them? Of course not.

Would you want to leave a person you find no happiness with in order to do your best to find someone better for you (and you, by extension, being good for them), giving the other person the same chance even if it risks breaking their heart (an unfortunate, but temporary condition that leaves no permanent harm)? Of course.