Oxford has " A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements." BUT
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Cambridge says same but gives example "I have great/the greatest respect for his ideas, although I don't agree with them." Huh?
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Either this is the view that the wrongness or rightness of ideas should have no impact on how we esteem/admire them or its incoherent.
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Perhaps more useful to talk about respecting people's rights, rather than respecting people or their views (except when you do).
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'Every human being is entitled to respect' then becomes 'I support universal human rights.'
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Yes. Perhaps we do now need 'esteem' for what used to be 'respect.'
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