Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Moral Responsibility

I think human identity is majorly influenced by society and minorly on self. When born we are closely knitted to a society chose by our parents. Traditions, language, and culture is grasped and the child grows up in a society that is surrounded by a media of capitalism. The self part is ones brain interpreted through knowledge and personal opinions.  My society growing up was big on sports. All my friends were playing town sports and all my parents friends were signing their kids up for the towns leagues for softball and basketball. Without my dad and my friends I probably wouldn't have played sports for the next 12 years and on and off into my 20's. if I had lived in a city or a low poverty neighborhood maybe I wouldn't have ever played either sports. 
My personal  persuasion was of me was choosing my major in college and also in the long run choosing my career. I went to college and took electives chosen by myself to find out a interest for school. I read the curriculum and was fancied by sociology. I later made it my major and what I want to do for perhaps the rest of my life. During this choice of career I did not ask nor tell any of my friends or family on my choice and educated myselfon the topics sociology depicts.
Inconclusion, to an extent both society and self influence ones moral responsibility. Parents should be given gratitude, respect, and security for their children as a thank you for helping create who you are. Unless they have affected who you are in negative ways that are of substantial abuse. In other cases whoever raised you and sculpted you should also be thanked and looked after which could be distant family or close friends.

3 comments:

  1. Tori, your opinion about social identity is very well stated. You make a good point that our parents do shape our thinking. I would only argue that there are some people who choose their own thoughts or religion for themselves. I do agree that we should thank the people in the situation or environment we come from.

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  2. I liked your thoughts and writing. In your first paragraph you say that you think human identity is majorly influenced by society and minorly on self. I agree with this but I think it would be good hear about what parts of identity that are influenced by the self. I agree with what you said about how the people around you make you who you are but where to what degree does the self also play a role in that.

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  3. I believe your statement about social identity is well written. Parents do have a big influence in life and well put ideas in your head on what they believe is correct for you. But on the contrary others do think for themselves and can go off of there own opinion.

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