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The closest I've come to finding something that I thought would fit the bill is a line from one of the so called 'Gnostic' gospels where Jesus is reported to have said.
"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate"
But I honestly think there must be a universally acceptable standard, something that we can all agree to, on which we can build our legeslation which, as Art suggests, is probably how we express our larger set of accepted ethics in the wider social arena. My problem with legislation is that it's not built on fundamental principals, but on historical accident, which though rich, interesting and on the whole, relatively fair - it also suffers from illogic, haphazardry and occasional loopholery - and is unable to teach or learn without going back through countless case precidents etc.
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