Wikipedia: Golden Rule/Talk

It might be worth mentioning that the Golden Rule as expressed by Christ is an inversion of the Golden Rule as expressed in Tobit 4:15. Since Tobit is deuterocanonical in Christianity and not part of Hebrew scriptures, I am not sure how it would fit into the 8-religion listing of this article, but I think it is interesting that there is a sort of reverse-version of the formulation in the Jewish and Christian traditions (basically, don't do to people what you don't want done to you). Egern.

Okay, on further thought, I realize that the formulation that you have in the Talmud is basically identical to what is in Tobit 4:15, so never mind! Egern.

I remove the Wiccan line:

Wicca: The Wiccan Rede

: "An it harm none, do what you will."

While this is pretty close to my own ethics as a libertarian, this isn't the golden rule at all. --Lee Daniel Crocker

After I removed this, and explained why, it was put back without explanation. This is not appropriate behavior. I'm quite willing to be convinced I'm wrong, but you do have to make the argument. Do not put this line back without engaging in argument here. --LDC

Apologies: I didn't read the /Talk first, so didn't see your comment -- The Anome

No problem, and in all fairness I didn't really make my case very clear either, so I'll make it clearer here: the Golden rule, in both it's positive and negative forms, says that you should judge your actions toward others by how you would prefer to be treated; i.e., that your own judgement of what is right and wrong in other's actions with respect to you is also right and wrong for you with respect to others. The Rede says no such thing: the Rede says that those actions which are harmful to others (no standard specified--so perhaps it could be what they consider harmful, not you) you should avoid, and otherwise you should do what makes you happy, regardless of whether that's what you want others to do. So, for example, if you enjoy singing, but you hate to hear others sing, by the golden rule you should not sing to others, because you wouldn't want others to sing to you. But by the Rede, if you knew someone who wanted to hear you sing (and was therefore not harmed by it), sing away--it makes you happy, and it doesn't harm anyone. Frankly, I consider it a vastly superior ethic to the golden rule, so I am upset that it is lumped together with its inferior cousin. --LDC