TNDL: “YESHUA OF NAZARETH, THE HEBREW MESSIAH, AS WELL OTHER CHRISTIANIZED SPIRITUAL TEACHERS, TAUGHT US TO DO UNTO OTHERS, AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU! HOWEVER, NOT ALL HUMANS CARE TO DO OR FOLLOW THIS VIEW AND DIVINE PRINCIPLE.”

Golden Rule
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Not to be confused with Golden Law, Golden ratio, or Golden Act.
For other uses, see Golden Rule (disambiguation).
"Do Unto Others" redirects here. For the 1915 silent film, see Do Unto Others (film).
The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as you want to be treated. It is a maxim that is found in many religions and cultures.[1] It can be considered an ethic of reciprocity in some religions, although other religions treat it differently. The maxim may appear as a positive or negative injunction governing conduct:
Treat others as you would like others to treat you (positive or directive form)
Do not treat others in ways that you would not like to be treated (negative or prohibitive form)[1]
What you wish upon others, you wish upon yourself (empathic or responsive form)[1]
The idea dates at least to the early Confucian times (551–479 BC), according to Rushworth Kidder, who identifies that this concept appears prominently in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, and "the rest of the world's major religions".[2] The concept of the Rule is codified in the Code of Hammurabi stele and tablets (1754-1790 BC).[citation needed] 143 leaders of the world's major faiths endorsed the Golden Rule as part of the 1993 "Declaration Toward a Global Ethic".[3][4] According to Greg M. Epstein, it is "a concept that essentially no religion misses entirely", but belief in God is not necessary to endorse it.[5] Simon Blackburn also states that the Golden Rule can be "found in some form in almost