honor means recognizing the divide between your self as you experience it or wish it to be, and the 'you' enacted upon the world, and working to align the latte

honor means recognizing the divide between your self as you experience it or wish it to be, and the 'you' enacted upon the world, and working to align the latter with the former. this can be manipulated in bad ways, obviously, but to be honorable is to manifest your virtue. 'honor killing' is a result of corporate identity -- cultural understandings of the self as inseparable from the family that created you. western culture generally does not carry this view, and treats people as individuals. individual honor is generally not burdened by the actions of your relatives unless one plays a direct role in them.