A Justice Site
Mirror Sites:
CSUDH Habermas UWP
California State University, Dominguez Hills
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Created: April 1, 2001
Latest update: April 1, 2001
jeannecurran@habermas.org
- Why is it so difficult? by Agnes Simpson, Moot court class.
See also:
- On the Difficulty of Learning to Trust One Another Thread opened by Marlene Veliz.
- The Imprint/Image of the Oppressor in All of Us
by Patricia Acone, CSUDH Staff.
Why is it so difficult?
On Sunday, April 1, 2001, Agnes Simpson wrote:
jeanne, why do some students have a problem with respecting another person?On sunday, April 1, 2001, jeanne responded:
Because we live in a society that is highly competitive. To disrespect another is to place yourself above them in status and in what you presume you deserve. That disrespect permits denial of any harm such competitiveness may cause to another and justification that you deserve more than another. To respect another is to bring to conscious awareness that all of us are more alike in our humanity than we are different across nations, across races, across beliefs, and across gender. I believe that both Fellman and Henry and Milovanovic would classify respect as leading to a more humane community and closer to the paradigm shift that we seek.
love and peace, jeanne