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You might ask what honor does in these stories that morality by itself does not. A grasp of morality will keep soldiers from abusing the human dignity of their prisoners. It will make them disapprove of the acts of those who don’t. And it will allow women who have been vilely abused to know that their abusers deserve punishment.
The Honor Code
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Nevertheless, common threads running through Greek medical thought included a preoccupation with the positive and negative effects of diet and a belief that the patient could actually do something about their complaint, in contrast to a more fatalistic and spiritual mindset of earlier times.
Ancient Greek Medicine - World History Encyclopedia
Mark Cartwright
Enduring abuse over time can lead to broken down self-esteem, feelings of low self-worth and intense emotional stress or even PTSD. While it’s never healthy to yell back at a partner or be violent with them if you are experiencing abuse you might have used one of these strategies when you felt your safety was at risk or you were trying to re-establish your independence in the relationship. Self-defense is not abuse, and identifying it as such can increase any fear you already feel in the situation. Everyone has the right to defend their safety, both emotionally and physically.
The Myth of Mutual Abuse | the National Domestic Violence Hotline
thehotline.org
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