Self respect or respect yourself. Are they one and the same? Like everything else these words
are about interpretation. Asking friends about self-respect, they all referred to things relating to self-presentation such as pride in appearance and cleanliness. However when asked in return whether I respect myself, I understood the question to relate to my personal ethics and morals.
Being disrespectful to the values of others, regardless of lack of intent, some would say is a lack of self-respect. However, if there was no intent to be disrespectful, does this imply that I should no longer respect myself?
Do I need knowledge to have self-respect? If not knowledgeable, should I no longer respect myself?
Lack of world knowledge is accepted. However, there is the inference that a lack of worldly knowledge is ignorance.
If I am ignorant of the values of those in whose company I am keeping, am I lacking in self respect? When in ignorance I say something that they may think disrespectful, should I no longer respect myself?
The immediate response to most of the above is “that depends”, because all things are relative to meaning, knowledge and intent.
Now wasn’t that a change from the usual bullshit. Lol.
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