"Love the Lord your God with all your heart
all your soul
all your strength
and all your mind... and love your neighbor as yourself" (Luke 10)
What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself?
Immanuel Kant gives, in my opinion, a pretty close answer. He is not directly answering this question, but instead he is amidst answering the overarching question "What is the right thing for me to do?" He came up with the categorical imperative.
Act only on that maxim wherby thou
canst at the same time will that it should
become a universal law
Basically this means that when considering if an action is right or wrong, hypothesize that everyone in the world is faced with the same choice. If the action is something it is clear would be beneficial if everyone in the world did it, then it is the right thing to do. On the other hand, if the action is something that would be clearly detrimental if everyone in the world did it, then it would be the wrong thing to do. Or... doing what we would want everyone else to do... which is kind of like doing unto others what we would have them do to us... or loving our neighbor as ourselves.
So, should i post this blog? Well, i wouldn't mind if everyone in the world published a blog about drawing connections between the Bible and philosophical passages, all in an attempt to improve the way we think and live. So yea, i think i should.
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