Honor
Everyone has their own personalised definition of honor. It's seen as a rank on a certain subject, keeping your image or fulfilling what an individual was bound to do, or could be seen as a privilege. I define honor as having pride in who you are and what you do, being honest and noble, constantly doing selfless acts while putting others before yourself. Today’s modern dictionary definition of honor is to have high respect or esteem (Dictionary.com), but the way in which we define honor as a whole, has changed over time. Before today's time, honor was a big deal for men especially. Honor was a serious and vital subject to a man’s reputation and rank; it so serious in fact that they would duel in order to protect their honor. In an article co-written by Chris Hutcherson and Brett McKay, Man Knowledge: An affair of honor- The duel, on the website The Art of Manliness, it states …show more content…
When we hear of honor, first thing that comes to mind is military; or an individual's rank. We associate it with what you do;whether it's right or wrong, or if it affects others in a negative or positive way. When military and honor are put together, it gives us a sense of pride because we know that everyone in the military are risking their lives for ours, we are proud to have such a brave country and we’re not ashamed to show it. The General of the army Douglas MacArthur's Sylvanus Thayer award speech, he says “Duty, Honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” General MacArthur implies that having honor and putting your country first will make you into someone with a lot to honor. And we all think being in the military is honorable. We may think our personalised definition of honor is the correct definition, while other countries don’t view things that
Everyone has their own personalised definition of honor. It's seen as a rank on a certain subject, keeping your image or fulfilling what an individual was bound to do, or could be seen as a privilege. I define honor as having pride in who you are and what you do, being honest and noble, constantly doing selfless acts while putting others before yourself. Today’s modern dictionary definition of honor is to have high respect or esteem (Dictionary.com), but the way in which we define honor as a whole, has changed over time. Before today's time, honor was a big deal for men especially. Honor was a serious and vital subject to a man’s reputation and rank; it so serious in fact that they would duel in order to protect their honor. In an article co-written by Chris Hutcherson and Brett McKay, Man Knowledge: An affair of honor- The duel, on the website The Art of Manliness, it states …show more content…
When we hear of honor, first thing that comes to mind is military; or an individual's rank. We associate it with what you do;whether it's right or wrong, or if it affects others in a negative or positive way. When military and honor are put together, it gives us a sense of pride because we know that everyone in the military are risking their lives for ours, we are proud to have such a brave country and we’re not ashamed to show it. The General of the army Douglas MacArthur's Sylvanus Thayer award speech, he says “Duty, Honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” General MacArthur implies that having honor and putting your country first will make you into someone with a lot to honor. And we all think being in the military is honorable. We may think our personalised definition of honor is the correct definition, while other countries don’t view things that