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No. They have similar names, but share little else in common. Christianity's Golden Rule tells us to "do unto others as we would have them do unto us" (cf. Matthew 7:12), whereas Aristotle's Golden Mean is a doctrine that states that every virtue (= good habit) is situated in between two extremes, one by way of excess, and another by way of defect, both of which are vices (= bad habits); for example, fortitude (= bravery) is situated between the extremes of cowardice (defect) and temerity (excess), and both of these excesses are vices.

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