Meaning of GOLDEN RULE
Pronunciation: | | 'gowldun rool
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- [n] a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount; "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Mathew 7:12)
- [n] any important rule; "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"
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| See Also: | | precept, prescript, rule, teaching | |
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| Related Terms: | | a priori truth, altruistic ethics, aretaics, axiom, brocard, canon, casuistry, categorical imperative, Christian ethics, code, commandment, comparative ethics, convention, deontology, dictate, dictum, egoistic ethics, empiricism, ethical formalism, ethical philosophy, ethology, ethonomics, eudaemonics, evolutionism, form, formula, general principle, guideline, guiding principle, hedonism, imperative, intuitionism, law, maxim, mitzvah, moral, moral philosophy, norm, ordinance, perfectionism, postulate, principium, principle, proposition, regulation, rubric, rule, self-evident truth, settled principle, situation ethics, standard, Stoicism, tenet, theorem, truism, truth, universal truth, utilitarianism, working principle, working rule |
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