Repairing the breach begins but does not end with the Golden Rule, for we tend to individualize this code. Of course, a successful application of this code would be a step forward. But because of our tendency toward privatization of personal responsibility, we must quickly take a second step. We must begin to see life as a seamless garment. Life is a whole piece of cloth, not a quilt of patches.
Every thread is connected to other threads.
Too often our society unravels human activities into separate, seemingly unconnected pieces. A seamless garment ethic understands that Wag the Dog is an extension of wagging the finger of denial. When we stop our torturous efforts to segment life into patches, we see more clearly life's connective cords. We readily see that market forces have as much to do with our moral breach as does the values of the entertainment industry that so many deride. Each feeds the other.