The Law of Responsibility

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Honor - a privilege.

"the great poet of whom it is my honor to speak tonight"

synonyms: privilege, pleasure, pride, joy; compliment, favor, distinction
antonyms: shame

The synonyms of this word are not highly important to the society I know either. Pretty much nobody respects this concept anymore, Plenum, and I find it to be a sign of a lack of orientation towards service. People hardly care about the pleasure, joy, privilege of themselves or others except in the strictest political context and not in daily life.

That's one definition of honour in it's noun form, here are the others (from Oxford British Dictionary):

1. High respect; great esteem: his portrait hangs in the place of honour

2. The quality of knowing and doing what is morally right: I must as a matter of honour avoid any taint of dishonesty

So an honour can be: a privilege/pleasure bestowed upon someone, a measure of respect or esteem, or the quality of knowing/doing what is morally right.

The main thread here seems to be respect. Honours are bestowed upon people we respect or hold in esteem, and we act honourably out of respect for others.

As for the Law of Responsibility, there seems to be another component hinted at by Ra, which is respect for the unmanifested self and honouring the lessons learned through experience. When one learns something but does not use that knowledge to alter the way they go about their lives, they are not taking responsibility for that knowledge.

One can learn that a desire they have been pursuing no longer benefits them, but they can keep seeking out the object of that desire nonetheless. Shucking the responsibility that comes with that knowledge, you would not be respecting the lessons that you have laid out for yourself.

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Also I just wanted to add that the thought that people DON'T pursue pleasure, joy and privilege these days to be kind of laughable man. What world do you live in?