Social Identity and Moral Responsibility

            Our societies and environments we come have little effect on what type person we become. People, no matter what background they come, from can always change. There are examples of this when you think of people who come from bad environments who are good people doing good things. You also see people who come from good environments becoming bad people. It is a choice. I come from a Christian family. That upbringing has affected my life to a large extent, but at the same time in the Christian religion, we believe you must choose  to be one yourself. Your family surroundings can’t make you become a Christian. I have always been into watching sports. This is a decision that I have made on my own. My environment has little to do with this because I have not been surrounded by a lot of people who like sports. While our social identity has little affected on the person we become, there is a moral responsibility to have those who come from that same background. People should help anyone who come from that same environment whether you are close to them or not. To not help someone because of how they treated you in the past makes you just bad as they are. If people only help those who they know then large amounts of the world’s population can suffer. Even though a person can be whoever they want, there is always a part of you that is where you came from even if it is just your memories.