On Moral Responsibilities

This week's Homespun Symposium question comes from CJ at The Unmentionables.

What, in your opinion, are the moral responsibilities of the individual citizen in the United States (or your own country) today and how do you believe people should act upon (or react to) those perceived responsibilities?

To put it bluntly, the moral responsibilities of individual citizens are universal, regardless of their location. We should lead moral, honest, responsible lives. We should contribute and participate in our families, in our communities, and in our countries, as far as we possibly can. We should do our best to do our duty to God and our Country, to help other people at all times, to keep ourselves physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight - in the words of the Boy Scout Oath. The final part of the LDS Articles of Faith sums it up like this:

"We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul - We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report, or praiseworthy, we seek after these things."

I think that translates out well no matter what country you belong to.

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The Unmentionables
Ogre's Politics and Views
Little Red Blog
The Redhunter
Major Dad 1984
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