--- title: The Golden Rule in many traditions — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Golden Rule in many traditions», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The Golden Rule says: treat others as you would like to be treated. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / The Golden Rule in many traditions # The Golden Rule in many traditions Lesson 38 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/0/) — The Golden Rule says: treat others as you would like to be treated. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/1/) — Some form of it is found in almost every religion and in humanism too. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/2/) — Jesus put it positively in Matthew 7:12: "Do to others what you would have them do to you", so it asks us to do good, not only to avoid harm. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/3/) — Jews read "Love your neighbour as yourself" in Leviticus 19:18, and Rabbi Hillel said "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour: that is the whole Torah, the rest is commentary." Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Confucius teach the same idea in their own words. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/5/) — For a child today it is a meeting place: a Christian, a Muslim, a Hindu friend and a friend with no religion can all agree on it, and each can live it at school tomorrow. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/6/) — The Golden Rule says: treat others as you would like to be treated. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/7/) — Some form of the Golden Rule is found in almost every religious and non-religious tradition. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/8/) — In Judaism, Leviticus 19:18 says "Love your neighbour as yourself". - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/9/) — Rabbi Hillel, a Jewish teacher who lived shortly before Jesus, taught: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour"; he called this the whole Torah and the rest commentary. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/10/) — Jesus said: "Do to others what you would have them do to you" (Matthew 7:12). - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/11/) — Jesus' version is positive (do good); many others are negative (do not harm); the negative form is sometimes called the "silver rule". - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/12/) — A saying of the Prophet Muhammad teaches: "None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself". - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/13/) — The Hindu Mahabharata says one should never do to another what one regards as hurtful to oneself. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/14/) — The Buddhist Udanavarga says: "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful". - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/15/) — Sikh scripture teaches seeing all people as equal, and the ancient Chinese teacher Confucius said: "Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself". - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/16/) — Humanists use the Golden Rule as a reasoned basis for treating others well, without needing belief in God. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/38-the-golden-rule-in-many-traditions/17/) — People want different things, so the "platinum rule" says: treat others as they would like to be treated. - ← previous: [Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/37-rules-consequences-character/) - next →: [How to argue: reasons and evidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)