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Defined by Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, as "the
branch of axiology – one of the four major branches of
philosophy, alongside metaphysics, epistemology, and logic –
which attempts to understand the nature of morality; to
define that which is right from that which is wrong"...

Ethics is a hot topic nowadays.

Books, magazine articles and syndicated newspaper columns
have been written about it.

Entire audio programs and seminars have been built around
it.

Recently, in a single month, not including tens of thousands
of related searches using the term, the word "ethics", in
and of itself, was searched on 37,111 times... just on the
Yahoo Search Network alone!

This quest "to define that which is right from that which is
wrong" isn't limited to individuals.

In an effort to determine "right" from "wrong", companies,
government agencies and institutions have brought in ethics
consultants, formed ethics committees and hired ethics
executives.

Now...

Quite frankly...

I don't understand what's so complicated about it.

As I see it...

Jesus, the Master Teacher, made this whole matter of ethics
very simple.

As a matter of fact, Jesus made it so simple even a child
could understand it.

In Chapter 7 of the book of Matthew, Jesus is quoted as
saying:

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the
prophets."

In Chapter 6 of the book of Luke, Jesus is quoted as saying
it this way:

"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to
them likewise."

In other words, as my dad used to say...

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Although some might find it a bit simplistic, this very
simple principle, best known as the Golden Rule, has served
for many centuries as the best definition of "that which is
right from that which is wrong."

Not long ago, I was following a story in a local newspaper
that illustrates just how far we've gotten away from this
very simple principle Jesus taught us.

The story went something like this...

In a nearby town, the local elected town council was about
to vote on a new contract with the police union.

Simple enough...

However...

One member of the town council had two close relatives, both
of who were police officers, who'd directly benefit from the
terms of the new contract.

When confronted with this fact by another town council
member before the vote, he said he felt, as an elected
member of the town council, he should vote on the new
contract and that he could be impartial.

As you might expect, some of his fellow council members
agreed with him while others did not.

This disagreement turned into several weeks of debate before
the issue of his voting on the new contract finally came to
a vote.

What do you think happened?

That's right...

The town council vote was evenly divided. Half of his fellow
council members thought he should be allowed to vote on the
new police contract, the other half thought he shouldn't.

Now what?

Well...

The town council, after several more weeks of debate, voted
to send the issue to the town's "ethics commission" for an
opinion before voting on the matter again.

After debating the matter for several additional weeks and
consulting attorneys to "interpret" the town's "ethics
code", the ethics commission decided it couldn't render a
opinion because the town's ethics code didn't adequately
address this specific situation.

So...

A panel was formed to study the town's ethics code to see if
it needed to be revised and...

Guess what they needed to help them make that determination?

Why they needed...

"Ethics consultants", of course! :-)

Now...

This situation, which I stopped following at about this
point, would be downright hilarious if it wasn't being
repeated, at least to some degree, practically every day, in
homes and offices all around the world.

In my humble opinion, all this wasted energy, time and
money, which could have been put to *far* better use, could
have been easily avoided had this particular council member
asked himself this one simple question:

If I were an ordinary, taxpaying, citizen of the community,
who was not on the town council, would I want someone on the
town council voting on a new contract, which could cost me
more money if passed, in which he or she had a potential
conflict of interest?

The answer, I guess, is open to debate. However, the way I
understand the Golden Rule, my answer would be no and
therefore, had I been on this town's council, I would have
removed myself from voting on the new contract, if for no
other reason than to protect the peoples trust in local
government.

When I was a kid, my dad, who served his fellow citizens as
a police officer for some fifty years before he passed on,
once told me, "if everyone just followed the Golden Rule,
there'd be no need for lawmakers, laws, police officers,
lawyers, courts and prisons."

I think he was right...

Thanks Dad! :-)

-----

Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D.
Wattles and the publisher of the "Jesus: The Man and His
Work" ebook by Wallace D. Wattles...

==========================================================
"Jesus: The Man and His Work" by Wallace D. Wattles
Long lost lecture by Wallace D. Wattles, author of "The
Science of Getting Rich", reveals the shocking truth about
Jesus of Nazareth.
Click Here => http://www.jesusthemanandhiswork.com
==========================================================

In Chapter 7 of the book of Matthew, Jesus is quoted as
saying:

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the
prophets."

When Jesus made this statement, he wasn't just teaching his
followers a religious rule...

He was teaching his followers the *practical* application of
a Universal law.

This Universal law is known by many names:

The law of cause and effect...

The law of karma...

And...

The law of sowing and reaping...

Are just a few of them.

In his writings, Wallace D. Wattles, best known for his
classic masterpiece "The Science of Getting Rich",
frequently refers to it as the law of action and reaction...

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Odds are you've heard this Universal law expressed in many
different ways:

Energy always returns to the source of its origination...

What goes around comes around...

What you do comes back to you...

You reap what you sow...

And...

My personal favorite:

It always comes back to bite you in the...

Well...

You know the rest. :-)

Regardless of how this Universal law is expressed...

The bottom line is...

Whatever you put out into the Universe comes back to you.

And...

More importantly...

Because it's a law...

Whatever you put out into the Universe *always* comes back
to you.

This is the way the Universe works.

When you look at it this way, it puts Jesus' words in a
whole new light, doesn't it?

Practicing the Golden Rule, as it's come to be known as,
isn't just the moral thing to do, or the right thing to
do...

It's the *smart* thing to do!

Why?

Simple...

Because it's the law...

If you cheat others, you *will* be cheated.

If you hate others, you *will* be hated.

If you hurt others, you *will* be hurt.

If you judge others, you *will* be judged.

If you steal from others, you *will* be stolen from.

If you take advantage of others, you *will* be taken
advantage of.

If you treat others rudely, you *will* be treated rudely.

On the other hand...

If you forgive others, you *will* be forgiven.

If you help others, you *will* be helped.

If you love others, you *will* be loved.

If you treat others fairly, you *will* be treated fairly.

If you treat others honestly, you *will* be treated
honestly.

If you treat others kindly, you *will* be treated kindly.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction...

Whatever you put out into the Universe always comes back to
you...

You can't escape it...

It's the law!

Now...

One thing that's *very* important to understand...

When Jesus said:

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the
prophets."

He was *not* saying this because others, themselves, will
"do unto you" what you have done unto them.

Jesus was saying this because the Universe, God or whatever
you prefer to call the "Universal Power" behind all things,
will "do unto you" what you have done unto others!

For example...

If you steal something from someone, it doesn't necessarily
mean that particular person will steal something from you.

However...

You *will* be stolen from.

It's not a matter of "if"...

It's just a matter of when and how!

On the other hand...

If you treat someone honestly, it doesn't necessarily mean
that particular person will treat you honestly.

However...

You *will* be treated honestly.

Again...

It's not a matter of "if"...

It's just a matter of when and how!

Why?

Because it's the law...

It's the way the Universe works.

So...

The next time you're about to do something...

Anything...

That involves other people...

Ask yourself this very simple question:

Would I want someone else doing this to me?

If your answer is yes...

Do it.

If your answer is no...

Don't.

It's that simple.

Remember...

Practicing the Golden Rule...

Doing unto others as you'd have them do unto you...

Or...

Treating others as you'd like to be treated...

Isn't just the moral thing to do, or the right thing to
do...

It's the *smart* thing to do!

-----

Tony Mase is a serious student of the works of Wallace D.
Wattles and the publisher of the "Jesus: The Man and His
Work" ebook by Wallace D. Wattles...

==========================================================
"Jesus: The Man and His Work" by Wallace D. Wattles
Long lost lecture by Wallace D. Wattles, author of "The
Science of Getting Rich", reveals the shocking truth about
Jesus of Nazareth.
Click Here => http://www.jesusthemanandhiswork.com
==========================================================