...if you damaged a parked car in a parking lot, but there was no damage to your vehicle and nobody saw the incident?
Certainly...only the LIBERAL proponent of the "SILVER RULE" would not leave a note and phone number. The Sliver Rule is one that believes in being just and fair as long as there is a chance that some reprisal might come your way if there is a chance that one might get caught. The same person would not consider STEALING someones wallet (because of the fear of getting caught and paying restitution...but let them find a wallet with a few hundred dollars in it laying in a parking lot somewhere), ITS FINDERS KEEPERS. Remove the the fear of reprisal and bingo...you have a secular humanist, who ALWAYS considers HIM/HERSELF before another, the only empathy shown or charity given is when the public spot light is on them.
There are 3 basic rules of human conduct found in the world that guides each person in their personal ideology of life in relation to morality, all are compared to metal. The Iron Rule, The Silver Rule, and the Golden Rule.
1.) The Iron Rule; This rule of human conduct is based upon the principle that MIGHT makes RIGHT, the rule of power and force. One can take anything or gain any position in life they have the physical force and willpower to TAKE from another human being. The advocates of this common rule have been numerous throughout recorded history. Alexander the Great is a prime example. He was considered one the world's greatest military leaders....he took what his might would allow him to take. In a span of just a dozen years he conquered the antique world from Macedon to India. A historical example of his mentality is exampled in recorded history...when he captured the ancient city of GAZA in southwest Palestine he took the governor of this region, drilled holes in his heels and by chariot dragged him around the city until he was dead. Another historical figure abiding by these precepts might be Julius Caesar with his infamous quote, "I came, I saw, I conquered." Hitler would another...history is full of such men with tainted ideologies.
One of the most famous to lend credibility to this rule would be Charles Darwin who demonstrated respectability to this concept in his work....under the full title, "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Species in the Struggle for Life." NATURAL SELECTION was Darwin's tooth and nail law of the jungle. As he propagated that species survive, thrive and develop by destroying their weaker competitors. In the companion book to the Origin of Species.....The Descent of Man published in 1871...we find his direct feelings in propagating this method of human conduct.
"With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed, and the sick; we institute poor laws; and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of every human to the last moment. There is reason to believe that vaccination has preserved thousands, who from a weak constitution would formerly have succumbed to small pox. Thus, the weak members of civilized societies propagate their own kind. No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man." -- pg. 130, The Decent of Man.
Hitler bought into this Darwinian Cultism totally. And attempted to apply the IRON RULE of life in Europe, in his ambition to develop the SUPERIOR RACE of SUPER HUMANS the mad man....took Darwin at face value and killed millions of INFERIOR people...to include those he considered less than human...the JEWS. America has somewhat followed suit...with the continual attempt by the so called secular liberals to have euthanasia laws placed on the books....and of course the infamous Roe v. Wade opinion that legislated the right to life away for the unborn as SCOTUS declared the unborn....LESS THAN HUMAN. Now where have we heard that type of Fascism before?
2. The Sliver Rule; This rule is often described and compared with the Golden Rule....in the negative or inversion....as it is the Golden Rule, minus the Gold. "What you do not wish done to you....do not do to others." The ancient Greeks historically followed this rule, and example would be the institution of slavery. As "Epictetus" taught that slavery is wrong because it would generate anger in YOU, if you were enslaved. Thus, RECIPROCITY is the standard upon which this rule stands, "What you do not wish for yourself...do not do to others." This rule is negative in fashion as it forbids much, yet enjoins (no authority) nothing, as your conduct is optional. An example was given earlier....none of these people would be found guilty of stealing someones wallet, simply because of the fear of reprisal or punishment...yet if they find something, often times its "finders keepers losers weepers", unless there is some accolade involved or reward and public acknowledgment. You hear it all the time...."Its no skin off my nose...let'em kill each other....its entertaining." Or, "I always take care of number UNO first." We all know these people...they are a plethora here in the United States, as there is no MORAL AUTHORITY in SECULAR NATURALISM....or nature. These people fear only REPRISAL. These people go to church....rush home and turn on the porn...when they believe they cannot be found out.
3. The Golden Rule; Some argue there is no difference between the silver and golden rule...but indeed the Golden Rule is taught with Authority, it is found in the Holy Scriptures...in principal. This rule teaches that men must treat other men with the same respect they expect...with one exception, you are to do so even when the Left hand does not know what the right is doing, YOU EXPECT NOTHING in return, no rewards, no accolade...you do as much simply because it is the righteous thing to do. These people do not fear but ONE LAW....the Law of God.