4 definition essay respect

 Austin Jennings Jennings Mrs. Erskine Dual English 13 November 2016

The Virtue o !es"e#t  As 1$th #entur% #entur% novelist novelist &auren# &auren#e e 'terne 'terne on#e on#e sai() sai() *!es"e *!es"e#t #t or ourselv ourselves es gui(es our morals) res"e#t or others gui(es our manners.+ Elementar% s#hool taught most "eo"le that res"e#t is a eeling o (ee" a(miration or someone or something eli#ite( b% their abilities) ,ualities) or a#hievements. That (einition) ho-ever) is a "oor  re"resentation o -hat res"e#t reall% is. !es"e#t isnt onl% a eeling to-ar(s another  "erson) it is a eeling one nee(s to have or himsel. /t #an be a""lie( to more than a singular entit% as -ell) su#h as grou"s or organiations. The la#k o it also has its o-n signii#an#e an( im"li#ations. "on a brie eamination o res"e#t) one -oul( in( that it #omes rom one "erson (ire#te( to another -hen the other "erson has (one an a#tion that is im"ressive in some -a%. 4hen looking at the et%molog% o the -or() its &atin roots o *re+ an( *s"e#t+ mean *ba#k+ an( *look at+ an( thus the -or( means to look ba#k at. This #oin#i( #oin#i(es es -ith the (i#tion (i#tionar% ar% (einit (einition ion o res"e#t res"e#t be#ause be#ause u"on u"on looking looking ba#k at a "ersons a#tions) one #an oten have an un(erstan(ing o -h% the% (i( -hat the% (i( an( thereore have res"e#t or them. An eam"le o this -oul( be i Deans #lassmate 'am got an A on his math eam) Dean -oul( likel% eel res"e#t or 'am be#ause o his a##om"lishment. Deans res"e#t is (erive( rom his re#ognition o 'ams #om"eten#e in math math #las #lass) s) regar egar( (less less o all oth other a#t a#tor ors. s. 5is 5is res"e es"e#t #t also also mea means that that he

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a#kno-le(ges 'ams #a"abilit% in math) an( -oul( o"en a (oor or him to rea#h out to 'am in the uture or hel" in math be#ause he kno-s that 'am is #a"able.  A uni,ue "ro"ert% o res"e#t is that it is #om"letel% #om"letel% in(e"en(ent in(e"en(ent o the i(eas o  goo( an( ba( an( ho- a "erson eels "ersonall% to-ar(s another "erson. or eam"le) i Dean (i(nt like 'am) he -oul( still eel res"e#t or him regar(less o his (islike to-ar(s him be#ause his a##om"lishment an( abilit% to su##ee( is in(e"en(ent o  -hatever ma% have #ause( Dean to (islike him. This "ro"ert% o res"e#t is as im"ortant as it is uni,ue. This allo-s in(ivi(uals or grou"s to #oo"erate to-ar(s a #ommon goal even i the% (ont ne#essaril% like ea#h other) as long as the% res"e#t ea#h other. /n the business business sense) res"e#t is mu#h more im"ortant than "ersonal eelings to-ar( another  "erso "erson. n. / Mar% Mar% -as -as looki looking ng to hire hire someo someone ne to ill ill a manag manageri erial al "osit "osition ion in her  her  #om"an%) she -oul(nt hire the "erson she like( most as a "erson) she -oul( hire the "erson -hom she ha( the most res"e#t or as a lea(er an( as a manager. /n this instan#e) instan#e) Mar%s "ositive eelings to-ar(s the in(ivi(ual in(ivi(ual -oul( #arr% no -eight on#e he -as hire( as a manager) but his abilit% to (o his 7ob #ertainl% -oul(.  Asi(e rom out-ar( out-ar( res"e#t to-ar( other "eo"le) in-ar( res"e#t to-ar( onesel  is e,uall%) i not more) im"ortant. 8ill% has to res"e#t himsel enough to make the right (e#isions or his uture) or i he has no sel9res"e#t) he has no reason to (o -hat is best or himsel those he #ares about. 'el9res"e#t #an be earne( b% sta%ing true to ones values) #onsistentl% #onsistentl% a#ting in a -a% to en#ourage en#ourage the su##ess o onesel an( the grou" he ma% be -orking or) an( man% other metho(s. The most im"ortant "art is that b% res"e#ting onesel) he is no- able to -ork ee#tivel% an( sho- res"e#t to others. 4hen an in(ivi(ual has sel9res"e#t) he trusts himsel enough to kno- that -hatever a#tions

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he (eems ne#essar% are in a#t ne#essar% an( best: he -ill also be able to re#ognie #om"eten#% in others an( sho- them the% res"e#t the% (eserve. ;tentimes something is not noti#e( until it is absent) an( res"e#t is a "rime eam" eam"le le o this this "hen "henome omenon non.. 4hen 4hen "eo"le "eo"le are are being being res"e# res"e#tu tull to ea#h ea#h other other)) it a""ears normal an( #ourteous an( otentimes the "eo"le involve( (ont think t-i#e abou aboutt it. 5o-ev 5o-ever er)) i in a busine business ss (eal (eal or or eam" eam"le) le) one one o the busines businessme smen n is (isres"e#tul to the other) it -ill be atro#iousl% a""arent. This -ill begin a (o-n-ar( s"iral) be#ause on#e the other businessman realies he is being (isres"e#te() the business (eal -ill either #ease or he -ill return ire) thus #ausing the irst businessman to urther (egra(e his res"e#t to-ar(s the other) an( so on. A la#k o res"e#t is one o  the the most most #ol(9 #ol(9he heart arte( e( -a%s -a%s to insul insultt someo someone) ne) be#a be#aus use e it im"lie im"lies s that that the% the% are are in#om"etent an( un-orth% o an% kin( o re#ognition) thus thro-ing their -hole outlook on themselves an( their su""ose( su##ess into ,uestion. This is -h% la#k o res"e#t #an so ,ui#kl% an( so #ommonl% lea( to violen#e an( anger) it stirs a (ee"9roote( (oubt in the "erson being (isres"e#te( (isres"e#te( about -hat kin( o "erson the% reall% are) an( no one likes to eel belittle( like that. !es"e#t has the "o-er to #hange "eo"les lives. /n an en#ounter -ith a "oli#e oi#er an( subse,uentl% a 7u(ge) res"e#t #an make the (ieren#e o re#eiving the ull or#e o the la- or getting o -ith a -arning. / the oen(er is res"e#tul to the oi#er  an( the 7u(ge an( sho-s that the% have ma(e a mistake) the 7u(ge is more likel% to be leni lenien entt on them them be#a be#aus use e res" res"e# e#tt shosho-s s matu maturi rit% t%.. 5o5o-ever ever)) i the the oe oen( n(er er is (isres"e#tul to the oi#er an( the 7u(ge) the 7u(ge -ill eel the nee( to give the oen(er  a lesson an( in#rease the #onse,uen#es o their oense.

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!es"e#t is more than a eeling) it is the (is"la% o -orth rom one "erson or  grou" to another. !es"e#t is an eem"lii#ation o maturit% an( #lass. !es"e#t is ree rom the boun(s o a "ersons a#tions in avor or against another) it #ares solel% about his a##om"lishments an( -hat he has (one -ith his lie.