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An honorable person is honest and would never think of doing something that could possibly be considered deceptive.

For example..... they would never attempt to overcharge someone on a bill and then hide the fact that the bill wasn't as high as they said that it was.

If they saw someone drop a $20 bill they would pick it up and give it back to that person. They wouldn't stand on the bill so that no one could see it so that they could steal the bill for themselves.

They wouldn't try to trick a guest at a restaurant into paying for something that they don't want. 

They wouldn't try to charge a customer more for a computer than the computer was really worth.

They wouldn't attempt to sell someone a service plan for 3 years when the the item in question already contains a perfectly good 3 year warranty.

There are a log of factors that are involved with being honorable.  However,  I think honesty is one of the very most important things.

Being honorable is not about self sacrifice. It's about not taking what you have not earned. To not take what is someone else's. It may be a lost wallet full of money, or someone else's woman. An honorable person would not steal or otherwise take advantage of a situation to get hold of something that don't belong to them. It is very important for the following reason: I once read than **the only crime that exists is theft, cause all other crime are a kind of theft**. But being honorable is not just being a law abiding citizen. Everyone knows the legal system of any country is far from perfect, and even when a corrupt law exists what is right must be done. Ok course there is some degree of relativity to it but I believe there are some transcultural values that apply or should apply to any normal human being in the world no matter the country or culture where that person lives.

An honorable person is someone who believes in truth and doing the right thing — and tries to live up to those high principles. When you lose a game, it's honorable to shake hands. If you smash into someone's parked car, it's honorable to leave a note so they can contact you.

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For me it's the do unto others principle.It's making the decision that won't torment you and keep pricking your conscience.  I think, for the most part, we know instinctively what the *right* course of action is though we might deny it and take some other more expedient course.

@denmarkguy Great subject for me an honorable man restores the dignity of others , 
and A man without honor is worse than dead .. Only the honorable people resist the injustices! 
and The rest - the honorless - are afraid of even their own shadows  :)

Honorable always comes with a cost.  Turning away from the "easy, profitable, even safe" path.  Public honor is definitely subjective to a particular culture, however I believe personal honor, ultimately, is written on our hearts.

You have chosen a very interesting subject here @denmarkguy  Especially when sadly, not doing the honourable thing has become almost acceptable in this present day and age. TV broadcasts, newspapers,  radios; the media in general, relay situations which are crammed with crime based events on a daily basis. And I'd be very naïve to think that much of what they present is over dramatized but so much more is factual reporting of shocking behaviour of one individual towards another.  I really object when the media choose to drip feed us positive stories preferring to serve us a diet of unpalatable  gloom and doom. We've learned to expect bad news. When we do hear about a random act of kindness however, we react positively which makes us feel good about the person responsible for performing this act of kindness. Hope for mankind is regenerated in our souls and it is so energizing. Maybe random acts are not as random as we are lead to believe? Who knows? I do believe the values and morals of earlier generations have slipped considerably because selfishness has become a way of life for many. Evil has always existed and 'Mans' Inhumanity toward Man' is well documented over the years. I read with great interest about the two situations you mention in this article @denmarkguy I place a lot of value on the principle of,  "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," It always pays to put ourselves in the other person's situation if we want to live honourably. If any one of us accidentally left a sizeable amount of money on a seat and walked away not realizing what we had done, wouldn't we be tremendously relieved to have someone with a conscience return it to us without expecting any reward? Many would adopt the "Finders, Keepers" attitude and have no qualms at all about taking what was not theirs. The key in understanding what makes people mistreat others to such an extent is conscience. The more someone mistreats another, the less his or her conscience is pricked. A good conscience ceases to exist in the mind of the perpetrator because at the time of the injustice they have very conveniently justified why they did what they did. Every dishonourable act thereafter becomes easier and easier to perform.

thats pretty cool to know.  love to read this post.

Doing "the honourable thing" has a great knock-on effect. It renews one's faith in humanity.
A good few years back, one of my sons was out clubbing with friends. He had had a few drinks too many and had left his phone on a table at the club when he left to stay at his friend's house.
In the early hours of the morning, my phone rang....

"Jon?" I said.
"No, this isn't Jon. Are you Mum?"
"Yes, is there something wrong with Jon?" I was becoming quite worried.
"I found this phone at a nightclub and the first number on the speed dial is yours. Please ask Jon to ring this phone and I will tell him where to collect it."

Usually if a phone is picked up the chances are it would be kept. Phones are expensive commodities that can be sold on for a profit. 

Jon was so relieved that someone had the honesty to return the phone to him. He could hardly  believe it. He felt like the luckiest person in the world. 

" There are still honourable people in this world Mum." Jon said. "And I will always endeavour to be as honest too."

Personally, being honorable means being honest to yourself and others. It's when you respect everyone (yourself included) all the time, even when you don't want to.

It can be so easy to talk about being honorable, but you see in society now that it's actually one of the _hardest_ virtues to practice. To be honest, even _I_ have a hard time with this.

As an aside, I'm so glad I followed you. I've been meaning to find someone who initiates these kinds of posts, and I just absolutely love going into discussions about these things. Looking forward to more of these!

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Simple: keep your word, work to become your best self for you and for others, and finally try not to harm others.

Nope, 
Society needs Honor now more than ever. Our society is being degraded morally with each passing year and it’s getting worse. 

In my generation, no one keeps their word. Truth seem falsified everywhere and people are just being friends with you because you have something material. However forgiveness doesn’t exist in today’s society, if someone forgives another person he is regarded as a saint. Why? Forgiveness is a form of self sacrifice is it not? Shouldn’t forgiveness be universal? Shouldn’t everyone have the capacity to do it? 

We are in dire need of some form of honor however not the one that takes people’s lives away.

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I believe that one needs to reflect and create their own code of honor.  Our initial definition of honorable is imprinted on us by our family, community, and culture.  However, if one never reflects on and questions these beliefs, the status quo (current state of affairs) will remain along with the accompanying social injustices.

Self-sacrifice is often used in connection with those who shed light on and work to change social injustices.   Yes, many have given their lives, suffered personal harm, and given up their freedom to make positive changes in the world.  Many would say they paid a high cost to do what is right. While this is true, I would argue that the bigger cost would have been personal to them if they didn’t act.

We all must live first and foremost with ourselves.  So, in that sense they are not giving up their personal interests in pursuit of a cause.  Instead they are following their heart.  I think this is best summed up by the song “The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” made popular by the musical, Man of LaMancha.

Here is my favorite version of the song by Frank Sinatra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjI7VeIA7ZI

Fail with honor is more "honorable" than win with cheating :-)

First I have to say what a great post to encourage intelligent discourse on this platform! Any blog that increases the depth of community spirit is A+ in my books! :)

Secondly, in terms of honor; I think that if you have the ability to feel *empathy* for people (not sympathy), honor naturally flows from that.  With empathy, you have the ability to 'stand in someone else's shoes and feel what they're feeling', so using your example, of course it would have been great to have an extra $2000 in your poor pockets:), but I'm sure you could imagine what that poor guy felt like when he realised he was missing "that" bag!  Feeling empathy shows to a really nice character, and you, I believe, are one of those:)

I've only been on steemit since December, but I am still so amazing at the community spirit here.  I'm thrilled to have stumbled upon your post, and look forward to viewing more like it.  Cheers!