we can imagine that a person not respected by anyone could be left behind and die. Such a person was considered to have no worth, no importance, no value to the group.

　　This,I believe is the foundation of our psychological need to feel respected.

　　Nowadays it seems much more possible to survive without being respected. Someone could, for example, inherit a large sum of money, have many servants and employees and have salesmen constantly calling on him and catering to him,yet not be respected in the least. Someone could also make a lot of money through having a particular talent which is valued, such as being able to dunk a basketball yet not really be respected, perhaps because of the way he treats others.

　　Still, there is a value to respect which money can＇t buy.Though someone＇s life might not depend on it, there are times, many times in fact, when another person has the chance to make a personal decision--a judgment call. When that person feels sincere respect for someone else, they will make a different decision than if they feel no respect, even if they have customarily shown a false, pseudo-respect to the person.

　　In summary, it is for both evolutionary and practical reasons that respect is important, and also why we simply feel better when we are respected.

　　翻譯：

　　回溯過(guò)去，尊重在生存中起著重要的作用。如果我們想到一個(gè)在沙漠中游蕩的小部落。

　　我們可以想象，一個(gè)不被任何人尊重的人可能會(huì)被拋在后面死去。這樣的人被認(rèn)為是沒(méi)有價(jià)值，沒(méi)有重要性，沒(méi)有價(jià)值的群體。

　　這，我相信是我們的心理基礎(chǔ)需要得到尊重。

　　現(xiàn)在看來(lái)，不受尊重而生存的可能性要大得多。例如，有人可以繼承一大筆錢，有許多仆人和雇員，有推銷員不斷地拜訪他，款待他，卻一點(diǎn)也不受尊重。一個(gè)人也可以通過(guò)擁有一個(gè)被重視的特殊天賦來(lái)賺很多錢，比如能夠扣籃卻沒(méi)有得到真正的尊重，也許是因?yàn)樗麑?duì)待他人的方式。

　　盡管如此，尊重的價(jià)值是金錢買不到的。盡管一個(gè)人的生命可能并不依賴于它，但有時(shí)，事實(shí)上，很多時(shí)候，當(dāng)另一個(gè)人有機(jī)會(huì)做出個(gè)人決定時(shí)——判斷的召喚。當(dāng)這個(gè)人對(duì)別人感到真誠(chéng)的尊重時(shí)，他們會(huì)做出不同于不尊重的決定，即使他們習(xí)慣性地對(duì)這個(gè)人表示虛假的、虛假的尊重。

　　總而言之，尊重之所以重要，是因?yàn)檫M(jìn)化和現(xiàn)實(shí)的原因，也是為什么當(dāng)我們受到尊重時(shí)，我們會(huì)感覺(jué)更好。