The Golden Rule

There is a principle, the Golden Rule, which is found and has persisted in many religions and ethical traditions of humankind for thousands of years:
 
What you do not wish done to yourself, do not do to others!
 

Or in positive terms:

What you wish done to yourself, do to others!  

This should be the irrevocable, unconditional norm for all areas of life, for families and communities, for races, nations and religions.
 
From the “Declaration Toward a Global Ethic” of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago 1993.