Golden Rule

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ethical principle moral maxim normative guideline

The Golden Rule is a foundational ethical principle, especially prominent in Christian teaching, that urges people to treat others as they themselves would like to be treated.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Golden Rule canonical 8
Gospel of Luke 6:31 1
the Golden Rule in retailing 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethical principle ⓘ
moral maxim ⓘ
normative guideline ⓘ
aimsAt mutual respect ⓘ
reduction of interpersonal conflict ⓘ
social harmony ⓘ
appliesTo conflict resolution ⓘ
moral decision-making ⓘ
social relationships ⓘ
attributedTo Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
category Christian moral teaching ⓘ
centralConceptIn Christian ethics ⓘ
considered universal ethical principle by many philosophers ⓘ
contrastedWith pure self-interest ⓘ
critiquedFor assuming others share one’s preferences ⓘ
ethicalType reciprocity principle ⓘ
rule of moral reciprocity ⓘ
expressesValue compassion ⓘ
empathy ⓘ
fairness ⓘ
respect for others ⓘ
hasAnalogueIn Buddhist ethics ⓘ
Confucian ethics ⓘ
Hindu ethics ⓘ
Islamic ethics ⓘ
Jewish ethics ⓘ
hasForm negative formulation ⓘ
positive formulation ⓘ
hasFormulation Do unto others as you would have them do unto you ⓘ
Love your neighbor as yourself ⓘ
Treat others as you would like to be treated ⓘ
influenced Christian moral theology ⓘ
Western ethical thought ⓘ
logicalStructure self-referential moral test ⓘ
mentionedIn New Testament ⓘ
moralFunction discourages harm to others ⓘ
guides interpersonal behavior ⓘ
promotes empathy ⓘ
negativeFormulation Do not do to others what you would not want done to you ⓘ
prominentIn Christian teaching ⓘ
relatedConcept Silver Rule ⓘ
ethic of reciprocity ⓘ
requires consideration of others' interests ⓘ
imaginative role reversal ⓘ
scripturalReference Golden Rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gospel of Luke 6:31

Sermon on the Mount ⓘ
surface form: Gospel of Matthew 7:12
usedIn character education ⓘ
interfaith dialogue ⓘ
moral education ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasEthicalTeaching → Golden Rule ⓘ
Golden Rule → scripturalReference → Golden Rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gospel of Luke 6:31
Sermon on the Mount → containsSection → Golden Rule ⓘ
Silver Rule → contrastsWith → Golden Rule ⓘ
Silver Rule → isRelatedTo → Golden Rule ⓘ
Charter for Compassion → ethicalBasis → Golden Rule ⓘ
Great Commandment → relatedConcept → Golden Rule ⓘ
Christian culture → hasMoralTeaching → Golden Rule ⓘ
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount → coversTopic → Golden Rule ⓘ
James Cash Penney → businessPhilosophy → Golden Rule ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Golden Rule in retailing