What is the anthropological explanation for the existence of "honor"?
>>1155422
Shakespeare has Falstaff say:
"Honor, who hath it?
He who died o' Wednesday."
>>1155422
People in rural areas had to safeguard their reputations because people who didn't were seen as lacking confidence in their own good character. Gossip and rumors played a big impact on peoples' perceptions of each other in a part of the country where important folks (landlords, knights, planters, etc) didn't have big get-togethers often except for a few times a year at holidays. For lesser rural folk it was important because you wanted your neighbors to be trustworthy because you'd ask them to watch your shit for you when you went away and didn't want to worry about them stealing your livestock or other things.
>>1155422
chicks dig honourable men
>>1155422
Honour in the sense of honesty and trustworthiness is basically >>1155496
Honour in the sense of a perceived obligation to retaliate against apparent transgressions: people in pastoral cultures needed it to be known that if anyone fucked with them, they'd get fucked right back, to deter eg cattle-rustling and whatnot.
>>1155422
Basically this image
>>1155422
Among allies, to maintain cohesion and avoid backstabbing, kinda like the principle behind enforcing contracts.
Between enemies, essentially a "I don't kick you in the balls, you don't kick me in mine" agreement. If both sides possess a certain offensive capability and use it, neither gets further in the conflict and both are worse off.
Spook
Honor is a spook
>>1155422
It's everyone's duty to make the own life worth to be remembered by others. Honor is one word describing that value
>>1155446
Ahh the fresch champagne
