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  2. Respect for persons - Wikipedia

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    Respect for persons is the concept that all people deserve the right to fully exercise their autonomy. Showing respect for persons is a system for interaction in which one entity ensures that another has agency to be able to make a choice. This concept is usually discussed in the context of research ethics.

  3. Respect - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Feeling of regard for someone or something For other uses, see Respect (disambiguation). "Respectability" redirects here. For the nonprofit organization, see RespectAbility. For the form of discourse, see Respectability politics. The examples and perspective in this article may not ...

  4. Politeness maxims - Wikipedia

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    The sympathy maxim states: "minimize antipathy between self and other; maximize sympathy between the self and other." This includes a small group of speech acts such as congratulation, commiseration, and expressing condolences – all of which is in accordance with Brown and Levinson's positive politeness strategy of attending to the hearer's ...

  5. Politeness - Wikipedia

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    The T–V distinction is a common example in Western languages, while some Asian languages extend this to avoiding pronouns entirely. Some languages have complex politeness systems, such as Korean speech levels and honorific speech in Japanese. Japanese is perhaps the most widely known example of a language that encodes politeness at its core ...

  6. Golden Rule - Wikipedia

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    "Ideally, no one should touch my property or tamper with it, unless I have given him some sort of permission, and, if I am sensible I shall treat the property of others with the same respect." – Plato [15] (c. 420 – c. 347 BCE) "Do not do to others that which angers you when they do it to you." – Isocrates [16] (436–338 BCE)

  7. Category:Gestures of respect - Wikipedia

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    This category is for human physical gestures that may imply a degree of respect and may be unequal; gestures of greeting etc such as the handshake that carry no such implication should not be included. NB: A social treatment of standing up is needed.

  8. Display rules - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Canada, sticking out one's tongue is a sign of disgust or disapproval, however in Tibet it is a sign of respect when greeting someone. In America, holding one's middle and index fingers up makes the peace sign , while in some countries such as the UK and Australia it a sign of disrespect.

  9. Civic virtue - Wikipedia

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    Civic virtues are historically taught as a matter of chief concern in nations under republican forms of government, and societies with cities.When final decisions on public matters are made by a monarch, it is the monarch's virtues which influence those decisions.