How Has Honor Changed
Respect, dignity, duty; these are just few words to represent the concept of honor. Without honor where would our morals be we would be savage beast fighting for power instead of respectful men and women fighting for their country. Honor has changed over the years but one thing that will always stay with the concept of honor is the humanity that goes with it. Even with many different views of honor and culture diffusions that the concept of honor has taken it will always be a word to describe the respect, dignity, and duty of a human.
In the past honor was a more used word or term. The more honor you had the more respect was given to you. In an article from the website The Art of Manliness states “During times when the rule of law was weak, and professional military and law enforcement bodies did not exist, honor acted as the moral force that governed the tribe and maintained its survival”(Manliness). Having honor in the past was like getting followed by millions on instagram in today's time. Honor back then wasn’t …show more content…
With every county having a different idea with what honor is they believe that others are dirty filthy beast that need to be changed, In an article by world wide trends they right about honor killings “Most honor killings are not classified as such, are rarely prosecuted, or when prosecuted in the Muslim world, result in relatively light sentences”(trends). Middle east countries have some killing people for honor it's just a few extremist but they aren't even sentences to punishment or lightly punished most countries around the world would have them sentenced to many years in prison or death. This just shows how much conflict this causes many countries. Middle East countries probably think we are the evil ones with no honor while we think that they are the evil ones that kill the innocent and know one can say which is right. We can either follow are past honor codes or the new non existence code
In the past honor was a more used word or term. The more honor you had the more respect was given to you. In an article from the website The Art of Manliness states “During times when the rule of law was weak, and professional military and law enforcement bodies did not exist, honor acted as the moral force that governed the tribe and maintained its survival”(Manliness). Having honor in the past was like getting followed by millions on instagram in today's time. Honor back then wasn’t …show more content…
With every county having a different idea with what honor is they believe that others are dirty filthy beast that need to be changed, In an article by world wide trends they right about honor killings “Most honor killings are not classified as such, are rarely prosecuted, or when prosecuted in the Muslim world, result in relatively light sentences”(trends). Middle east countries have some killing people for honor it's just a few extremist but they aren't even sentences to punishment or lightly punished most countries around the world would have them sentenced to many years in prison or death. This just shows how much conflict this causes many countries. Middle East countries probably think we are the evil ones with no honor while we think that they are the evil ones that kill the innocent and know one can say which is right. We can either follow are past honor codes or the new non existence code