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“This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you.”
— Mahabharata 5:1517
The Mahabharata calls this "the sum of duty" — dharma condensed to one line. The Ultimate Law agrees that this single principle is sufficient for ethics. Hinduism’s concept of karma (actions have consequences) maps directly to the framework’s insistence that harm creates a moral debt that must be repaired through justice.
The Ultimate Law
Logic is the ultimate law.
Do not do to others what they would not want to be done to them, or you will be punished regardless of your will.
The purpose of punishment is to erase guilt, via retribution and restitution.
That is the entire law; it cannot be changed, all the rest is commentary.