chapter 14

      My friends respected me enough not to do certain things in my apartment or in my presence. on page189 of The Pact Respect is a positive feeling of esteem or deference for a person or other entity (such as a nation or a religion), and also specific actions and conduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected (e.g., "I have great respect for her judgment"). It can also be conduct in accord with a specific ethic of respect. Rude conduct is usually considered to indicate a lack of respect, disrespect, where as actions that honor somebody or something indicates respect. Specific ethics of respect are of fundamental importance to various cultures. Others in society, people that have important roles on a way that a person lives on a day-to-day basis, earn the respect of others by assisting us. For example, teachers or coworkers or the people we encounter everyday certainly deserve a measure of respect. Simple words and phrases like, "Thank you," and simple mechanisms, like a smile or a pat on the back, show a level of respect that over time will form, within a culture, a cohesive bond.