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Validate calling it the "Golden rule." Give the "familiar misquotation" and its correct sources. Remove an unsourced "many consider" sentence.
"Treat others as you would like to be treated." Many consider the golden rule the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights.
The phrase '''Golden rule''' is established in English as the name for a Biblical teaching often phrased as "do unto others as you would have others do unto you."<ref>"Golden rule, n. The biblical teaching that one should behave toward others as one would have others behave toward oneself." [http://www.bartleby.com/61/25/G0182500.html American Heritage dictionary]</ref> In this form it qualifies as a "familiar misquotation." It is expressed twice in the Gospels as a teaching of Jesus:
:Matthew 7:12, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."
:Luke 6:31, "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."
By referring to "the law and the prophets," Jesus is saying that the principle is not original with him, but is his expression of a principle of Judaic law.
The golden rule is found throughout religios history as a guiding principle in the treatment of others.
The principle is found throughout religious history as a guiding principle in the treatment of others.
* "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD." — [[Torah]] {{bible ref|book=Leviticus|chap=19|verses=18|version=}}
* "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD." — [[Torah]] {{bible ref|book=Leviticus|chap=19|verses=18|version=}}