Golden mean may refer to:

  • Golden mean (philosophy), the felicitous middle between the extremes of excess and deficiency
  • Golden mean (Judaism), a philosophy pertaining to body and soul in Jewish belief
  • Golden ratio, a specific mathematical ratio (sometimes called golden mean)
  • Golden ratio (mathematics and visual art)
  • The Golden Mean (1993), third novel in The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy by Nick Bantock
  • The golden-mean fallacy, another name for the argument to moderation
  • Doctrine of the Golden Mean, a chapter in Li Ji, one of the Four Books of Confucianism

See also

  • Ethic of reciprocity, also known as the Golden Rule