Silver Rule This page has some issues The Silver Rule, "Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you", is a standard of behaviour found in the writings of, amongst others, Hillel the Elder. It is the converse of the ethical principle of the Golden Rule.[1] The Silver Rule is similar in meaning to the Hippocratic Oath, known best for the declaration "do no harm". Hippocrates wrote, in his Epidemics, Bk. I, Sect. XI. "Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least to do no harm." The shorter expression might be interpreted as a simplification of the longer one. See also Harm principle Live by the sword, die by the sword Tit for tat Obversion See Confucious References ^ Sagan, Carl (1997). "16 The rules of the game". Billions and billions: thoughts on life and death at the brink of the millennium. Balantine Books. pp. 219–229. ISBN 0-345-37918-7. leaderu/orgs/probe/docs/confucius.html This philosophy-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Read in another language Last modified 27 days ago MobileDesktop Text is available under CC BY-SA 3.0; additional terms may apply. Terms of UsePrivacy
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