Anything else is succumbing to desire.įurthermore, in verse 312, Valluvar says that it is the determination or code of the spotless (virtuous) not to do evil, even in return, to those who have cherished enmity and done them evil. One should never do something to others that one would regard as an injury to one's own self. In Mahābhārata, the ancient epic of India, there is a discourse in which sage Brihaspati tells the king Yudhishthira the following about dharma, a philosophical understanding of values and actions that lend good order to life: 664–323 BCE) papyrus contains an early negative affirmation of the Golden Rule: "That which you hate to be done to you, do not do to another." Ancient India Sanskrit tradition 2040–1650 BCE): "Now this is the command: Do to the doer to make him do." This proverb embodies the do ut des principle. Possibly the earliest affirmation of the maxim of reciprocity, reflecting the ancient Egyptian goddess Ma'at, appears in the story of " The Eloquent Peasant", which dates to the Middle Kingdom (c. The term "Golden Rule", or "Golden law", began to be used widely in the early 17th century in Britain by Anglican theologians and preachers the earliest known usage is that of Anglicans Charles Gibbon and Thomas Jackson in 1604. Simon Blackburn also states that the Golden Rule can be "found in some form in almost every ethical tradition". Epstein, it is "a concept that essentially no religion misses entirely", but belief in God is not necessary to endorse it. 143 leaders of the world's major faiths endorsed the Golden Rule as part of the 1993 "Declaration Toward a Global Ethic". The idea dates at least to the early Confucian times (551–479 BCE), according to Rushworth Kidder, who identifies the concept appearing prominently in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, and "the rest of the world's major religions". What you wish upon others, you wish upon yourself (empathetic or responsive form).
Do not treat others in ways that you would not like to be treated (negative or prohibitive form).Treat others as you would like others to treat you (positive or directive form).The maxim may appear as a positive or negative injunction governing conduct: It can be considered an ethic of reciprocity in some religions, although different religions treat it differently. It is a maxim that is found in most religions and cultures. The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one wants to be treated. The business was owned by Toledo Mayor Samuel M. Click the Show vertical ruler in Print Layout view checkbox (you can also select to display this ruler on the right margin here)."Golden Rule Sign" that hung above the door of the employees' entrance to the Acme Sucker Rod Factory in Toledo, Ohio, 1913.Go to File > Options > Advanced and scroll down to Display.If the vertical ruler doesn’t display with the horizontal one, you may need to turn it on via the options menu. To ensure consistency, you may want to check the size of indents via the paragraph menus. Its name will then pop up, helping you to pick the right one.Īs with margins, though, adjusting indents via the ruler can be imprecise. If you’re not sure which tab is which, moreover, simply hover the cursor over any of the shapes on the ruler. This will indent text from the right margin. To adjust the right indent, simply click and drag the arrow on the righthand side of the rule.Doing this will indent each line in the selected paragraph after the first line. For a hanging indent, select and move the triangle just above the rectangle shape (this will also move the left indent tab).This will indent just the first line in the paragraph where you placed the cursor. To add or adjust a first line indent, drag the arrow at the top of the ruler.This will then adjust all the text in the paragraph where you placed the cursor. To adjust the left indent (i.e., the indentation of text from the left margin), drag the rectangle shape on the ruler to move all the tabs at once.Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter!
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