It is important to acknowledge the reality and importance of non-rational modes of knowing, such as intuition, integrative awareness and contemplation. It is also important to understand the developing of a greater sense of connectedness with the deeper SELF, the world of nature, or the social, interpersonal dimension.

Do we owe respect to one another because of moral ideals?

HANK

keenu

Would you actually respect the person interviewing you?
Wouldn't it be more like just acting courteous and being respectful of their position rather than respecting the actual person?
I could never respect someone for their morals but I could respect someone for their grace of personhood, their personal integrity.

Sage

the thing you have to remember is that "your reality" is no seperate reality at all. your "reality" is just the summation of your personal experiences, however the fixed law of nature exsist even if you choose to ignore it.

Style

That's not neccesarily respect,the child who is quiet in class may be quiet not out of respect for the teacher,but simply tolerates the teacher's rules in order to be able to go play after lunch. Respect is an internal feeling that is often projected through outward actions,but that's not neccesarily the case.

-Style

(The philosophy forum...where there's no such thing as a straight answer)

milliec

Sorry Patty, but you can.
That's always been my mistake - We CAN delude ourselves to believe something is what we think, the way we perceive it (I think it's distant a cousin of "in the eyes of the beholder")
in a more physical world: that's how magicians work
As for respect: I think we should approach everything with respect, at least until we're sure we understood things perfectly.
Even an object we don't like should be treated with the respect to whoever took the trouble of making it.
millie

magprob

Ugh? Well...ugh...I like corn.

Style

Something we use in my highschool Theory of Knowledge class

seems appropriate for the subject....