What is your view on respect?

[El_Abominacion]

Manners and a basic level of respect should be mandatory. They’re things that many of us in the younger generations lack severely nowadays

[Insuperable]

I respect it.

[Aldaris]

I believe that every decent and morally good human being deserves a basic level of respect.

Why do you believe so? Respect, as I understand it, doesn’t have anything with approval of one’s actions, for it comes with social status, not moral behavior.

[Celestia]

Why do you believe so? Respect, as I understand it, doesn’t have anything with approval of one’s actions, for it comes with social status, not moral behavior.

Well it depends on what respect means to you.
I am not going to be disrespectful to someone who has a lower social status then me if they are a moral person.
You can have the highest social status but if you are an asshole and belittle others, I am not going to respect you.

[War Chef]

Well it depends on what respect means to you.
I am not going to be disrespectful to someone who has a lower social status then me if they are a moral person.
You can have the highest social status but if you are an asshole and belittle others, I am not going to respect you.

What is "social status" these days anyway? Besides the number of likes you have on Facebook.

[Celestia]

What is "social status" these days anyway? Besides the number of likes you have on Facebook.

hahaha, I guess it could mean what kind of money you're making or position you have in your career.

[Moje ime]

I respect someone who keeps promise in every sense but for that, person has to have strong personality. I didn't meet many people like that.

[War Chef]

I respect someone who keeps promise in every sense but for that, person has to have strong personality. I didn't meet many people like that.

This seems to be a Slavic girl thing for sure. I've heard this before & yeah, im the scumbag who couldn't keep his promises

[Gründig]

Clearly you should show respect for people on a daily basis, it's called having common courtesy. With this being said, I believe real respect is earned.

[Aldaris]

Well it depends on what respect means to you.
I am not going to be disrespectful to someone who has a lower social status then me if they are a moral person.
You can have the highest social status but if you are an asshole and belittle others, I am not going to respect you.

I did not define it in my previous post, since the definition would be extremely complicated and thats assuming I’d even be able to do that, which I doubt, actually. I have attempted to formalize my inner feelings with words, but I have never fully succeded, in my opinion, for it always lacked the essence or some important axioms. I’m therefore left with examples, mostly. An evil, cruel tyrant with a strict code of conduct can be respected and hated at the same time by his servants, for example. Respect is something like an acknowledgement of one’s higher social status, but this notion is far from perfect.