The Roots of Respect

Abstract

 This is also suggested by Leslie Green (Green 2010), whoh as argued that one cannot treat people with authenticr espect without beinga" respecter",t hat is, ap erson able to show some form of sensitivity towards the addressee of respect.  Cf. the entry "respicere" in the OxfordLatin Dictionary; cf. the entry "respect" in the Online Etymology Dictionary( http://www.etymonline.com). This is how Buss (1999,p .5 19) rephrases Raz'si deas.  This is one of the meanings of the intensive prefix "re" (cf. Oxford Latin Dictionary): "anew".to give appropriateweight to the fact that he or she is aperson by beingwilling to constrain one'sb ehavior in ways requiredb yt hat fact. ( Darwall 1977,p .4 5) Accordingt ot he taxonomyo fr espect outlinedb yD arwall, respect as "honor" stands out as an "asymmetric" form of recognition. Accordingly, to recognize the authority and peculiarstanding of someone binds the respectertomake her- Hudson includes amongt he addressees of directive respect even abstract entities likel aws and rights (pp. 71-72).