Comments on: Manly Honor: Part I — What Is Honor?

By: Jim Thorp

Jim Thorp — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:53:01 +0000

Finally got back to this — well done!

By: James

James — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:34:56 +0000

I thank you much for your words of wisdom. They are highly appreciated on my road towards manhood. I have already read a few articles and I look forward to reading your many other articles. Again, thank you very much.

– James from California

By: James

James — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:29:22 +0000

I thank you much for your words of wisdom. They are much appreciated on my journey for manhood and are pearls of deep value. I look forward to what you have to say

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:11:41 +0000

What a thought provoking article on honor. While I always knew about personal honor, it is interesting to see that honor can apply to a group. A bunch of us were talking about the importance of loyalty on a personal level and in a group setting. Loyalty toward family and friends determines our response to situations and our role in relationships. The concept of honor is sometimes lost or forgotten today. I am going to propose discussion in our next group meeting on this topic.

By: John Gervasoni

John Gervasoni — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:40:09 +0000

It all makes sense in my life: why I show people my kidney donor scar, why I need to be working, why I left my group of friends, etc…

Do you consider honor misogynistic?

By: Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:41:14 +0000

Excellent post, Brett. I never really understood honor in this way until I read this- and it seems like this post took quite a bit of research. I’m going to go read the next two now.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:12:58 +0000

I love the way you structured your piece; the way you broke the idea of Honor down into separate categories using excellent anecdotes and visuals to elucidate your points.

Thank you for exposing the Bro Code for the trivial garbage that it is — I know people who are almost in their 30s that have found complacency in that cheap, unacceptable approach to ‘honor’.

We should be more ambitious in what we strive to achieve, in terms of honor; both for ourselves, and for our brothers.

By: Cory B. in B.A., OK

Cory B. in B.A., OK — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:56:00 +0000

Another fantastic source for this subject is Kenneth Copeland’s “Honor: Walking in Honesty, Integrity, and Truth”. This book first set my life on a course for true manliness some 20 years ago.

By: Leighton

Leighton — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:55:27 +0000

I believe that personal virtue is found in defining morality and upholding integrity separate from the pressures of one’s social group. After all, if you aren’t strong enough of character to uphold your code of honor without the support or shame of an honor group, you exhibit weakness of integrity. My beliefs, therefore, clash with the principles of “traditional honor,” but it is certainly fascinating stuff. Very well-written.

By: Isadore Calderon

Isadore Calderon — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:16:51 +0000

“Living the Martial Way” is a book that changed my life and has a wonderful chapter to help define honor as well as examining the differences between Asian and Western concepts of honor. By the Samurai definition a lot of what westerners dueled over and called honor was in fact “face” or reputation. The root of honor lies in obligation. Being a trustworthy man is honorable, but if a man calls you a liar while you may fight him in a duel it is self delusion to say that you are defending your honor because regardless of his words you are still a trustworthy man. Likewise with suicidal actions. The soldier that charges headlong into oncoming fire to be cut down in an ineffective display “courage” is acting out of interest for personal glory. The solider that sneaks and hides and stays alive to attack his enemy and succeed in his mission is fulfilling his duty even though the act might not seem as brave or glorious and is acting honorably because he’s better serving his obligation.