"...There are two versions of the golden rule, positive and negative. Jesus Christ taught the positive version in the Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 7:12, he said, "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." A similar version of Jesus' statement appears in Luke 6:31.
The golden rule in the negative form states that people should not treat others the way they do not want to be treated themselves. Several ancient Greeks and Jewish thinkers taught the negative form. The Chinese philosopher Confucius taught both the positive and the negative versions of the golden rule... " - -William A. Clebsch
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