Welcome, Taoism
“Regard your neighbour’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbour’s loss as your own loss.”
— Lao Tzu, T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien
Taoism teaches that the Way (Dao) flows through all things without forcing. Wu wei — non-coercion — is its central practice. The Ultimate Law agrees: the natural order emerges from voluntary interaction, not imposed control. The Tao Te Ching’s warning that “the more laws are posted, the more thieves appear” mirrors the framework’s insight that coercive regulation creates more harm than it prevents.
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.