# How does your society view the concept of honour? **URL:** \ **Category:** Intergalactic Summit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-does-your-society-view-the-concept-of-honour/342309 "2021-12-18T22:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Aria\_Jenneth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aria_jenneth/32/469792_2.png) [@Aria\_Jenneth](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aria_Jenneth)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-does-your-society-view-the-concept-of-honour/342309/19 "2021-12-21T13:42:29Z")
So, um, apologies in advance if this sounds a little technical. It’s … not, really, but. . . . Honor is a scheme of propriety or “right action” based on position, founded in what function that position serves in a society and how it best serves (or at least is expected to serve). A soldier, a farmer, a merchant, and a spy may all be honorable people, but the honor will express differently. It’s also possible for a single individual to hold several such roles at the same time. A State War Academy instructor, married and with children, has roles as soldier, teacher, spouse, and parent, for example. There are also certain duties that emerge out of the position of being human. Ideally an individual will keep roles appropriately balanced, performing honorably in each, rather than focusing on just one. Sometimes one role will have to supercede others (a soldier called to an active theater of war is probably going to have to stand down from some parental duties), but generally it’s hoped that some kind of balance will be reached. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-does-your-society-view-the-concept-of-honour/342309)._