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Golden rule
A definition of the golden rule is: "a basic principle that should be followed to ensure success in general or in a particular activity."
We see an example of a biblical rule of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” in Matthew 7:12.
The Golden Rule, or Golden law of reciprocity, is the principle of treating others according to the standards by which you would wish to be treated. It might not always bring about a moral conclusion, but it assumes that you would want others to help you if you were in need. But some assume an indifference to mutual aid, which may not be the case when a need arises.
In practice, it is normally thought to be a maxim of altruism seen in many religions and cultures.
The maxim may appear as either a positive or negative injunction governing conduct:
- A positive or directive form or view is that one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.[1]
- A negative or prohibitive form is that one should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated.[2]
- An empathic or responsive form is that what you wish upon others, you wish upon yourself.[3]
The Golden Rule is a unilateral moral commitment to the well-being of others, without the expectation of anything in return.
The concept occurs in some form in nearly every religion and ethical tradition.
Understanding what Religion originally meant and the application of pure religion requires the implementation of the Golden rule in our routine practice of a daily ministration addressing the needs of our society, and because it is a maxim, it would also include not neglecting the needs of neighboring societies.
Caring about others always requires sacrificing[4] some of the selfish nature to care for ourselves more than others.
Both Moses and Jesus along with John the Baptist and the Apostles applied the principles of the Golden rule in their own teachings:
- Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
- Matthew 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- Matthew 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Mark 12:31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
- Romans 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Moses even instituted the sacrifice of the Red Heifer, which was merely a form of foreign aid.
- ↑ The Egyptian Ma'at contains the proverb from around 1850 BC: "Now this is the command: Do to the doer to make him do."
- "If people regarded other people's families in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own family to attack that of another? For one would do for others as one would do for oneself." — Mozi in 400 BC who opposed Confucianism.
- The Hindu Sanskrit epic Mahābhārata Shānti-Parva says " Hence, (keeping these in mind), by self-control and by making dharma (right conduct) your main focus, treat others as you treat yourself."
- "Treat your inferior as you would wish your superior to treat you." The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca
- ↑ A papyrus from Egypt around 400 BC contains a negative affirmation: "That which you hate to be done to you, do not do to another."
- "Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself." — Confucius in 500 BC.
- In the Tirukkuṛaḷ 400 AD Tiruvalluvar says: "Why does a man inflict upon other creatures those sufferings, which he has found by experience are sufferings to himself?" (K. 318) "Let not a man consent to do those things to another which, he knows, will cause sorrow."
- Zoroastrianism from 300: "That nature alone is good which refrains from doing to another whatsoever is not good for itself." Dadisten-I-dinik, 94,5,
- and "Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others." Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
- ↑ Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD.
- "Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." — Laozi 500 BC founder of philosophical Taoism.
- ↑ Sacrifice
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