The concept of honor was not unique to the Japanese culture; an understanding of honor would play a large role in the age of medieval chivalry and then guiding the proper behavior of gentleman from the Age of Discovery on throughout the opening of the American wild west. In modern times, the idea of honor seems to have been eclipsed by other ideas: a pursuit of wealth, perhaps, or for celebrity. Pretend you are a samurai from the Japan of the early Shogunate, instantly transported in time to the current day. what parts of what you see would violate your sense of honor?
