The One-Sentence Social Contract: Confucius on the Law Written in Every Heart

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Confucius declared the golden rule: “Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

己所不欲，勿施于人。

Source: The Analects, Wei Ling Gong XV, Chapter 24

Author: Confucius

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