To treat others like you would like them to treat you is one of the most basic and universal moral principles that exist. With all of the different ways of expressing it, this principle is known as The Golden Rule. In various works of fiction it surfaces as a Stock Aesop as well as a Stock Phrase. When played as a Stock Phrase, it sometimes uses a quote from religious scriptures, such as the Confucianism page quote for the negative form or the Christianity page quote for the positive form. Not the same thing as The Golden Mean. Contrast Eye for An Eye. Examples of The Golden Rule include: