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==Etymology== The [[Terminology|term]] "Golden Rule", or "Golden law", began to be used widely in the early 17th century in Britain by [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] theologians and preachers;<ref>[[Thomas Jackson (theologian)|Thomas Jackson]]: ''First Sermon upon Matthew 7,12'' (1615; Werke Band 3, S. 612); Benjamin Camfield: ''The Comprehensive Rule of Righteousness'' (1671); George Boraston: ''The Royal Law, or the Golden Rule of Justice and Charity'' (1683); John Goodman: ''The Golden Rule, or, the Royal Law of Equity explained'' (1688; {{Google books|rjI3AAAAMAAJ|Titelseite als Faksimile}}); dazu Olivier du Roy: ''The Golden Rule as the Law of Nature.'' In: Jacob Neusner, Bruce Chilton (Hrsg.): ''The Golden Rule β The Ethics of Reprocity in World Religions''. London/New York 2008, S. 94.</ref> the earliest known usage is that of Anglicans Charles Gibbon and Thomas Jackson in 1604.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gensler|first1=Harry J.|title=Ethics and the Golden Rule|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-80686-2|page=84}}</ref>
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