LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: RESPECT OTHERS

Every person, and every other type of innocent creature, deserves respect, although if someone does not show respect, it may not be obligatory to respect them either.

Unfortunately, many societies have been unjustly despising and victimizing animals and harmless human groups, such as women, LGBTQ+, outcasts, black people and people of mixed race, Native Americans and people of mixed heritage, Asians, Jews, and other ethnic and religious groups. Also slaves, people with albinism, red-haired women, people with disabilities, homeless people or people with low incomes, those who think differently, those who do not belong to a particular religion or decide to leave one… and the list goes on.

Let’s respect a cleaning lady as much as a queen, and a prostitute as much as a judge. Let us respect a beggar as much as a notary, a porn actress as much as a surgeon, and an unattractive woman as much as a beautiful one. However, to the extent that someone causes harm that is not in legitimate self-defense, they may be losing their good repute.

Let’s respect those who are different: the nerd, the fat, the dwarf, the mentally ill and the person living with HIV. Let’s respect the person with down syndrome and the gifted eccentric, the person who dresses extravagantly and the one who dresses discreetly, the one who grooms him/herself ostentatiously and the one who does so cheaply or even tackily. And also the woman who dresses extremely modestly and the one who dresses very revealingly, the cleanliness-obsessed person and the one who is dirty and unkempt, the very conventional person and the one who breaks social norms, provided that they do not cause any unjustified harm.

Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: Appreciate diversity

Let’s have neither reverential, servile respect nor disrespect, but rather healthy respect.

Every sentient being has dignity by birthright, at least insofar as they do not harm any innocent being. Therefore, let us not steal that honor. Let us not degrade, devalue, or demonize innocent beings, and even less trample on them and objectify them. On the contrary, let us create an environment in which no one has to be ashamed of anything other than having caused harm that was not in legitimate self-defence.

AVOID HARMING OTHERS!

HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Do not objectify

And let’s instill in children a culture of respect, in families and schools, since their brains are like clay, and if we shape it beautifully, it will probably remain that way once it dries.

AVOID HARMING OTHERS! Educate children in the ethics of kindness

Happiness-oriented parents

Happiness-oriented schools

Thank you for sharing, if you would like to leave a better world than the one you found,