An idea from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

A false promise uses the lender as a tool for a plan they could never agree to. This is not the Golden Rule. The old saying against doing to others what you wouldn’t want done to you leaves out duties to yourself. A criminal could use it against the judge.

From Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

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