Social Identity and Moral Responsibility

Everyday our surroundings have influenced us in some way and have somewhat shaped us into the person that we are today.  We define ourselves not only as what we think about ourselves as a person but what we surround ourselves with.  As I was growing up many events that happened in my life and my surroundings made me into the person that I am today.  I was raised in a divorced family, although this might be a very common thing in todays day I had a different type of divorced situation.  Both my mom and my dad remained best friends even after both of them remarried.  This event as a whole has 100% defined me into the person that I am.  This situation has taught me many life lessons that will stick with me for forever.  

Having divorced parents for many leads to depression, anger, guilt and many more negative emotions, but for me it was the complete opposite.  Having divorced parents shaped me into a very understanding, loving, forgiving, caring person just because it was very influential as I was growing up.  It made me find a growing love and passion for helping people.  I was always very happy because my home life was great and it impacted that way that I would act.  Ever since  I was in 6th grade I had decided that I would give my summers to those who needed it most.  I worked all day everyday at a camp for the mentally challenged and disabled.  I was more then overwhelmed that I could give all of my love and passion to those who needed it most.  Working at that camp for over 6 years has definitely influenced me into the person that I consider myself to be today.

Both your surroundings and your own choices affect who you are equally.  Although your surroundings might have a bigger impact on you you still at the end of the day make your own decision wether or not it is influenced by some outside force.  Each of these factors together make the person that you are.  Decisions in your life might be influenced but at the end of each day you are you and you run your own life.

Our social identity does effect others because we all influence each other is some way.  Whether its just a simple idea placed in ones head or if it is a very serious event, we effect each other in some way.  We were put on this earth to help one another not to put each other in danger even though this happens quite often.  Especially in a community type setting social identity plays a huge factor in this type of environment.  In life others shape you into and influence you by there presence because they too come with baggage.  We however are responsible for what ideas we put onto others, we must manage ourselves and others.  It is our moral responsibility as humans to care for one another, to take responsibility, and to influence each other in positives ways so that each of our social identities are positive and special.