Honor is characterized by integrity and adherence to moral values while being influenced by community reputation. Philosophically defined, honor varies by identity and can demand both ethical actions and unethical behaviors like honor killings. Societal concern for honor can be assessed by examining respect norms and shared codes within the community. Recent actions by Trump and his GOP have jeopardized these honor codes, undermining democratic institutions and reflecting a waning commitment to established social standards of integrity and respect.
Honor involves both doing right for the sake of doing right-being a person of integrity and high moral values-and also doing right because to do wrong would mar one's reputation.
If you want to know whether a society has a concern with honor, look first to see whether people there think anyone has a right to be treated with respect.
An honor code says how people of certain identities can gain the right of respect, how they can lose it, and how having and losing honor changes the way they should be treated.
Trump and his MAGA-fied GOP have broken American institutions, norms, and even laws, reflecting an end of a long-held code of honor.
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