The Golden Rule fails to account for masochists, or differing cultures, or basically anything that makes people different from one another.<p>For example, by the &quot;Golden Rule&quot;, I&#x27;d <i>want</i> to be called a &quot;dude&quot; if I were a girl, because I consider it a sign of equality.<p>You can feel free to disagree with that, but if it&#x27;s how I&#x27;d want to be treated, then by the power of the Golden Rule, I should call girls &quot;dudes&quot;.<p>I&#x27;d even go so far as to argue that the &quot;Golden Rule&quot; is doing precisely what you just said was bad -- it puts too much focus on <i>you</i> (&quot;how would <i>you</i> want to be treated&quot;).