Respect and enablement

From indigenous law traditions. Relational thinking, obligations to people and place.

Respect and enablement come from indigenous legal traditions that emphasize relationships and obligations rather than just rights and rules. Respect means taking seriously the autonomy and value of others. Enablement means actively helping others achieve their purposes.

In technology, this translates to building things that treat users as capable adults with their own goals, and that actively help them achieve those goals rather than just not obstructing them.