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PLUTO
Lv 6
PLUTO asked in Arts & HumanitiesPhilosophy · 1 decade ago

do we respect human weakness.....?

like we respect human strength?

did we learn how to do that?

does human weakness deserve our respect?

all answers appreciated.

Update:

thanx sophist

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I accept it in those I do not know, but have no respect for them.

    I have a very hard time accepting weakness in those I know and care about. I have a friend who refuses to be responsible for herself, always looking for a man to step in and take care of her. It drives me up the wall. She's smart, good looking, she's a freaking cop so I know there's a spine in there somewhere, but when it comes to her life, she's just too weak to take the reins. It disgusts me and I have a hard time being more than just a casual friend with her as a result. Maybe that makes me a bad person, I dunno, but I can't help it.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think we do respect weaknesses. A lot of people make fun of others' weaknesses even though we all have them. I think we should have respect for weaknesses as the majority of our strengths come from a weakness that we once had.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think that most of us become stronger by feeding on other people's weaknesses .

    Almost nobody respects human weaknesses .. unless they too have those same weaknesses . Only truly good people understand and respect the weaknesses in others .. without feeling superior or critical of the same .

  • The definition of weakness, honour is a formidable strength yet becomes, with humanity a weakness amongst those who have none.

    Love is the greatest power, cast into the den of the treacherous or deceitful it becomes a weakness or force of habit, a gentle tender wound content to bleed for others to feed and empower themselves.

    Power is a great strength when overtly tolerant of the loud and vociferous manipulative weak, weakens and becomes nulled.

    Man is a tower of strength, his trust and faith given to the unscrupulous or unprincipled becomes usurped and weakened.

    The greatest powers are Love, God, Humanity… Bothe strong and tender, weakened and maligned…

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I think you need to strike the right balance. If you are a total closet-case (and I dont mean that in a gay way), people become suspicious that you have something to hide. But being too open is not great either; people need some secrets. People who are too honest run the risk of being badged as a show-off, or drama-queen. My personal opinion is that you should never openly share your weaknesses, instead you should seek out specific ways (and specific people) to help you build and develop those weaknesses.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No most humans don't respect weakness, most of us make fun of it to put down the person... And yes i do beleave that we "lurned" to do so from the people before us.

    I also think that we should respect human weaknesses because most of the strengths we have are made because of our weaknesses.

  • I do respect my own weakness, Knowing that human is just imperfect. I don't know what reason I can have not to respect those of others too. Unless they can cause too much harm, Then I can be most probably weak of that too.

  • 1 decade ago

    By-in-large, no. We still exist in the tribe of the bull ape wherein only the strong may rule. If you are too weak, you are destroyed or driven out for the benefit of the tribe. Man cannot seem to rise above this.

    Yet a weakness may be shown and if it does not jeopardize the tribe, it may be tolerated. However, it sets one apart and that can become dangerous in and of itself. If you are not wholly with tribe, then you may be a threat or can become one. The power within tribe regard this with suspicion. It is a quick step from suspicion to fact.

  • SHIVA
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Human weakness is a fact of life.... We all know it's there, and what the most common examples of it are..... If you make plans and use strategies that acknowledge this weakness,,,, you are much more likely to be successful.

  • 1 decade ago

    1st off people measure weakness differently..for some a sign of compassion may be a sign of weakness & the some that take a sign of compassion as a sign of weakness may also be seen as weak in the sense that they are not strong enough to see such a sign like compassion as those who see it that way and not as a sign of weakness...technically everyone is guilty of being weak since no one is perfect there is room for weakness no matter how it is viewed...weak for a loved one, weak for being the bigger person, weak for sweets, weak for shoes, weak for not passing up a fantastic opportunity despite it hurting others, weak for not seeing things as others do....everyone sees nothing the same

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