Honor in the sense of "if I do good things I will be respected, if I do bad things people will be repulsed by my very presence, and this system makes me actually materially change my behavior for the better and not just be a hypocrite".
Honor in the sense of "if I do good things I will be respected, if I do bad things people will be repulsed by my very presence, and this system makes me actually materially change my behavior for the better and not just be a hypocrite".
You should read Debt: The First 5000 Years sometime. He talks a lot about honour as a quite universal principal across early and even late communities, and one of his big arguments is that it is deeply tied to our conception of debt, money and morality.
Interesting, I've had that book on my reading list for a while now. Too bad I can't read!
I'd send my condolences, but...
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I have. It's an excellent book.
Although, there's a certain implication that coinage "solved" the honor problem by destroying honor.