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(2006-11-20 20:41:26) 下一個

Due to some malicious words to my friend’s post, I kept thinking about respect recently. What is respect? Why and how should we respect? Is it a chiche?

What exactly is respect? The dictionary defines it as an act of giving particular attention or high or special regard. In fact it only outlines what respect may be. Respect is of great importance in everyday life. All people should be treated with respect simply because they are persons. Respect for persons is the central essence of morality and the foundation of all other moral duties and obligations.

 

In order to gain respect, one must respect his or herself first. Self-respect is holding your head high and respecting your own opinions. It’s acknowledging that you have own ideas and sharing them without being afraid of what others may think. Self-respect is the first step for being an independent individual. Without it, one would have no respect for others.

Respect of others includes one’s amily members, peers, teachers, parents, and everyone else.  It means adding a please at the beginning of a sentence and ma’am or sir at the end.  It means not to bad mouth or gossip others and to protect other’s privacies. It means to understand people’s disparities, such as different opinions, religions, sexual orientations, culture backgrounds, economic status, etc. when one can’t accept or support them. It means to acknowledge people’s equal rights. Respect is what brings people together. And if not used, it is what can tear people apart.

People’s contact is always a two-way street and like mirror image. One should check with him/herself first before complaining about no respect from others.

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melly 回複 悄悄話 Helen, I agree with you. Some people do not care their own reputations.Unfortunately, they are lack of self-esteem.

Forget them, let's enjoy holidays.
blhw72 回複 悄悄話 Melly, your theory doesn't apply for those who are lack of respect as well as your admonishment(ku kou po xin) wouldn't touch their souls. As I mentioned several times in that forum, we could always have disagreements, but we shouldn't attack and insult people personally. Ultimately I learned how to ignore them since they were constantly being worse than rude.

Life always move on. Sometimes we need to know when and what we should give up. The most important is to take good care of oursleves.
金重陽 回複 悄悄話 melly :您好!不尊重別人,也就是不尊重自己。
melly 回複 悄悄話 謝謝您來訪。其實不尊重別人,也就是不尊重自己,沒有人會喜歡這種人的。個性張揚不等於,想說什麽就說什麽,想怎麽做就怎麽做。周末朋友來給我講roommate之間怎麽相處不好,甚至到了潑婦罵街的地步,真是寒心。還是應該學學異地而處,替別人著想。
楊子 回複 悄悄話 現在的年輕人都不太自重了,
要他人來尊重那是沒指望了。

人類已經到了自我摧殘和自我蹂躪的階段。

可能這是人類社會學中所講的一種必然。
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