RESPECT.

RESPECT is a curious and complex concept differentiated from PRIDE  in various ways. It is also different from the many concepts of ENTITLEMENT, except as defined under BASIC RESPECT (below). Whereas PRIDE is a cut-and-dried subjective form of thought, RESPECT is multidirectional with numerous crossroads.

BASIC RESPECT  is that to which an unborn, newborn and any other innocent person incapable of deciding things on their own is ENTITLED. This RESPECT includes our acknowledgement of basic life sustaining needs, (nutrition, hydration, shelter from the elements, defense from physical dangers). This, like PRIDE, cannot be rationally argued.

FUNCTIONAL RESPECT is a sticking point for many individuals. It is a two-way street with multiple levels and an untold number of potentially dangerous intersections. It involves the ways we feel we should be perceived and treated; as well as how we feel we should treat others. This varies culture by culture within countries, states , religions, tribes, kindred groups, organizations, etc. FUNCTIONAL RESPECT, being something “functional” is subject to “malfunction” (break-down), if it is abused, violated or neglected and could diminish or die. Reestablishing it, if at all possible, always requires far more effort than maintaining it in the first place . FUNCTIONAL RESPECT should grow and mature over time, along with the individual or entity.

NOTE: FEAR is not RESPECT in any of RESPECT’S manifestations; although they are often  mistaken for each other. For example: I think Polar Bears are great, but I wouldn’t go walking up to one for a hug. Not because I’m afraid of the bear. I wouldn’t walk up to the bear for two existential reasons: #1) I have no reason to want to kill the animal. #2) I’m not an idiot.

SELF RESPECT, while it only deals with one person, it is still a two way street, inasmuch as it requires objectivity. In other words, it requires one to step outside himself/herself in order to make an assessment of ones’ self as others may perceive him/her.

I shall endeavor to clarify my understanding of this issue by simplifying it via examples. Pay attention. There will be a quiz afterwards. Those who pass will be treated to cookies and exotic dancing (assuming they can dance).

To begin: The “Golden Rule”, has always been well accepted among human-kind to be a good and effective way of keeping our ourselves off the list of extinct species. This rule is often bent or broken (sometimes to a greater or lesser degree); but always to everyone’s misfortune. Those who abide most closely by it naturally garner the most RESPECT. They are entitled to feel the sense of PRIDE. Ignorance or violation of the “Golden Rule” is the main cause of conflict. ISIS (ISIL, Daesh), is a perfect example of a group of individuals who are each doomed to early extinction  for universally ignoring the “Golden Rule”, although there are those within the group who feel a faux sense of PRIDE in performing atrocities they believe are for the greater good. This is a very specialized group; and, as with most specialized creatures, they are unadaptable, thus,  extinction is just around the corner. This is just one of many cases where FEAR arrogantly poses as RESPECT. Hitler and my 5th grade teacher were masters of this.

There is no BASIC RESPECT given or due in situations of abortion, child abuse, elder abuse or the abuse of any individual incapable of defending himself/herself because these forms of egocentric behaviors fly directly in the face of the “Golden Rule”.

There is no FUNCTIONAL RESPECT in cases of crime, prevarication, chicanery,  conniving/conspiracy,  heartlessness, narcissism/egoism.  People who think they feel PRIDE when displaying these behaviors are probably just feeling the bloat of flatulence.

Honesty, trustworthiness, charity, empathy/sympathy, and valor are the building blocks of FUNCTIONAL RESPECT. The genesis of PRIDE.

Ironically, SELF RESPECT derives from how well we treat others. Go figure.

 

STAY TUNED. NEXT UP: ENTITLEMENT.

 

 

 

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