Essential Question Response #4

Is being respectful a responsibility of human beings?
Being respectful to fellow humans is sometimes very difficult, especially since we all have very different points of view. Also, humans naturally tend to defend their own beliefs, assuming that they are right and disregarding other points of view. This is what causes conflict and war. We live in a world that does have some basis of respect, and as a product of this, we have a world that is somewhat peaceful, with only a few wars every once in a while. If there was no form of respect in this world, conflict and wars would be as normal as brushing your teeth in the morning. There would be no form of peace and as a result, humans would be stuck in a suspended era of war, where no advances to better the human race can occur. On the other hand, if we were able to respect the beliefs and ideas of one another, we could stop the senseless fighting that comes being ignorant towards foreign beliefs. With respect, we could live separate lives, while maintaining harmony among ourselves. So basically, respect allows empathy, which allows us to work together harmoniously and allow our race to stop fighting amongst ourselves and focus on improving the human race through science, economy, and culture. Because of the positive possibilities that respect could have for all human beings, I believe that being respectful is a responsibility of human beings.