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Golden Rule

Golden Rule The Golden Rule is the Gospel precept that a person should treat others as they would want others to treat them.

The Golden Rule is the Gospel precept that a person should treat others as they would want others to treat them. In moral and social thought, it has often been taken as a brief statement of social morality, and it is broader than the merely negative idea of simply avoiding harm to others.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Golden Rule” (Golden).
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