[MD] Values

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Ham]
> I don't view the Golden Rule or Kant's Categorical Imperative as "rules" but as guidelines to which
> one's moral values generally subscribe.  In a truly authentic society, there would be no need for
> either rules or guidelines.  

Your distinction between rules & guidelines is not clear.  Nor is it clear why the need for either prevents a society from being authentic.

[Ham]
> An individual would have everyone else's well-being at heart. 

Why would "having everyone else's well-being at heart" make rules or guidelines unnecessary?
I have everyone else's well-being at heart (& my own); that's why the rule "drive on the correct side of the road" is necessary.
Craig