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Why Respect Is
Important(
为何尊重很重要
)
Why Respect Is Important
Going
back
in
time,
respect
played
an
important
role
in
survival.
If we think of a
small tribe wandering in the desert,we can
imagine that a person not respected by
anyone could be left
behind and die.
Such
a person
was
considered
to
have no
worth,
no
importance, no value to the group.
This, I believe is the foundation of our
psychological need
to feel respected.
Nowadays
it
seems
much
more
possible
to
survive
without
being
respected. Someone
could, for example, inherit a large sum of
money, have many servants and employees
and have salesmen
constantly calling on
him and catering to him,yet not be
respected in
the least.
Someone could
also
make
a
lot
of
money
through
having a particular talent which is valued, such
as
being able to dunk a basketball yet
not really be respected,
perhaps
because of the way he treats others.
Still,
there
is
a
value
to
respect
which
money
can
‘
t
someone
‘
s life
might not depend on it, there are times, many
times in fact, when another person has
the chance to make a
personal decision
--a judgment call. When that person feels
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