Honour: Principles to live by

Today I am thinking about honour, and what it means to me, and what it means to other people.
Honour. Its an old fashioned word, and one with many meanings. Do we still have honour today ?
I'm taking about honour in the sense of values and ethics. Do we still go about our daily lives and live them with some sense of honour code ?
Do we have personal principles, values, ethics, even a conscious perhaps ?

Honour: respect, high minded character or principles, a fine sense of one's obligations: a person of honour.

When was the last time you did something that made your inner feelings line up and shout hooray!
Can you even remember ?

Do you honour yourself, or other people ? Treat people fairly and equally ? Is it even possible ?

Is the word even used anymore today ?

My personal definition of honour, is principles that I try to live by. These are tied very closely to my conscious, my sense of right and wrong. When I do the wrong thing, my conscious tells me. It lets me know that I am not honouring myself and others. I feel that I have let myself and others down. When I do the right thing, I feel good.

I don't need to go into an intimate discussion of ethics and principles to talk about honour, you know in yourself if you have honour, if you honour other people and if you live your life by a set of principles that help you make decisions about what is right and what is wrong for you.

Everyone is different, we all see the world in a unique way. For some people things are black and white, and there is no movement between that line. For others the world is many differing shades of grey that constantly shift and change. And for some there is no right or wrong, life needs no set of guidelines.

Is there a place for this belief in our world. Is there a place for people who still live by an honour code?
Sometimes I think there is, as every day I see people behaving with honour, respect and kindness towards each other. Then I also see ruthless and callous behavior, people who make life harder than it need be just for the sake of it. I see inexplicable behavior that causes heartbreak and pain. This is where my doubts come in. I also wonder how many young people today are brought up with any sense of a honour?
Looking at advertising and the messages that media portray in our world, honour seems to have no place in it.

I guess what I am asking here is, do people care anymore? Are personal beliefs outside of religion superfluous to our day to day life ? Do we just follow our workplaces code of conduct whilst we work, and abandon it when we leave ? Or do we go with what ever is easiest and most advantageous when making decisions ?

Questions, always questions, do other people even think about these kinds of things ?