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What is the meaning of Responsibility?
Definition Essay
Karen Bannan
Writing 101
Professor Leone
January 30, 2011
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The ultimate word in life is “responsibility”. What is responsibility you ask? Responsibility is “doing the right thing”. Doing the right thing means living a life where every move or decision you make is all your own and you do things that will not harm others. It is a moral belief that as individuals we must behave ethical and be accountable for our actions, and be conscious of our decisions and the impact it has on society. In today’s world I believe we have even more responsibilities then our ancestors. If we do not take responsibility for our actions
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So many people believe freedom means you have the right to do as you please, however, that is not 100% true. As soon as you stop taking responsibility for what you do in life, it is almost certain you will be doing things that will be harmful to others. This is why it is so important to have laws that society must abide by. As an example, let’s say you are having a get together and you have you stereo on a little too loud. To you and the people attending your party the music is just fine, but to your neighbors it is entirely too loud and disruptive. Wouldn’t you be a responsible person if you made sure that the music was loud enough for you and your guests to enjoy, but not too loud that it would annoy your neighbors? Responsibility Page 4
When one recognizes that they are 100% responsible for their life, they will soon see the great achievements that come with being a responsible person. Responsibility is a very valuable trait in all that we do. Taking responsibility for one’s self leads to a more optimistic life and one is able to accomplish all that they want. Sometimes taking responsibility can be a very difficult thing, but in the end one is usually happy that they did. If one chose’s to lead an irresponsible life, they will soon see that they will be living a much uncontrolled life and therefore grow to be very pessimistic. One’s health is also affected by the choices one makes. When we choose
It is true our society must strive to bring good to as many people as possible; yet it is unfair to restrict freedom if failed to do so. For example, if someone tries to start a city clean up because of the amount of littering that is made. Is it really under their control if more people go out and liter? Should they be the ones punished? Of course not, a restriction in freedom violates our first amendment and cannot be enforced. It's true that freedom is the most valuable thing that us Americans have and sometimes restricting it may help but make a person feel like they're being held back from doing something. With this, people may get a sense of wanting to rebel. Ultimately, this can lead to problems with the law. This however is very unpredictable
“Some people willingly put themselves in life and death situation”.People should be accountable,However they have their own responsibility.Also people don’t do it on purpose,the person should still be accountable for their own situation their in.Their are argument that people have made a decision on which is how people need to stop putting themselves in danger.Some people decided to make bad choices but other seem to have a different day than usual.Should people in life-or-death situations be held accountable for their actions?In this argumentative essay their will reasons to why people should be accountable for what they have done to their problem.
“Some people wind up in trouble because of bad luck, but others make dangerous choices”, sometimes people do things for important reasons but others don’t, but this isn’t an excuse to hide from the reality and the responsibility for their actions.. This is necessary because many don't think that this is a priority but many people are going through this and it impact their live so much that they are no longer the same person they were before, and this encourages people that are reckless and don’t care about others to be able to do anything crazy because they know that there will be someone else to get them out of their problems.
One can look to the constitution to get a definition of freedom. It clearly declares that we the people have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our founding fathers pictured a free society, the question is if we have achieved this. What happens when a law interferes with our happiness? Our American values and liberty? Do we sit idly by or do we raise attention to the injustice that
One word that is powerful known to man is the word “choice.” In our lifetime, we are bombarded with choices so that we have to make in order to help shape our lives. We don’t know if our rights will outweigh our wrongs but we have to try. Commonly we are held to culture value. What I mean by that is, we typically set standards on several scales of right or wrong, acceptable or unacceptable to important or unimportant within society. However, along with these set standards, we’re still held accountable for what we do. Our personal responsibility of willingness to accept these standards will help separate us from our peers by inheriting integrity, showing deed, in order to ease any burdens we may encounter. Abiding by these principles, can help shape us into becoming a better person than were perceived to be.
People who are sixteen and older with a driver’s license are allowed to drive. People twenty one and older are allowed to drink alcohol. These freedoms can be taken away if laws are violated. For example, a person driving drunk may get a ticket, go to jail, or get their license taken away. If a person runs a red light, they risk hurting themselves and other people, not to mention also breaking the law. This violation can result in similar consequences as the ones of drunk driving. A good thing about freedom in the community is people can get out of jail. They can pay off a ticket, or get their license back. This is just another example of winning freedom more than
Many poor decisions have an appeal factor to people; however, the pessimistic outcomes are capable of overpowering the satisfactory aspect. It is shown that a broad range of our community would benefit if we found an understanding in the fact that intelligent decisions can prevent a large portion of bad things from occurring. It is only when we decide to put forth our upmost potential in life, that we are presented with a happy, beneficial living
We do not choose for the sun to rise, or the tides to turn, or for any of the surprises that life holds in store for us. No sane person chooses ill health; but we may make choices that are detrimental to our health. We may also make choices that are beneficial to our health. However, no one is in good health simply because they choose to be. We do not choose every experience we have in life; but through our choices our life is expressed and experienced. Even though those experiences are only a small subset of all that we experience in life, if we choose wisely, we can expect to be happy with our
Due to circumstances of society, our life choices may not always be whats best for us. Environment, Religion, and Elders can play a large part in our lives and who we become. Some may say we always have the option to decide our future, but realistically, this is not true due to the wide variety of culture and values we as humans have. More often than not people are forced to choose lifestyles they would not choose for themselves. Unlike decisions based off of how familiar we are with our morals and aspirations, the influence of society can shift, distort, and restrict ones future and choices.
Journal 4 Taking the Creator’s role. 1. If I take personal responsibility for my education, I will set goals and take advantage of every knowledge and skill I acquire. 2. If I take personal responsibility for my career, I will create a success mindset and make better decisions which will get me a step closer to the fulfillment of my destiny.
For years we have been giving people the option to be personally responsible for their health, but with that their needs to be a balance, how can someone be personally responsible for their health when they don’t have the tools, education, and environment to do so. It’s impossible to argue that people are not responsible for the health as S. Leonard
In education, a certain level of responsibility belongs to the teacher and a certain level belongs to the student. Responsibility can be defined as being held accountable for one’s own life and choices. Choices are incredibly important to humans, as a myriad of choices are made a day. These decisions lead to self-determination and one’s own ability to make intelligent, informed
truly make a healthy decision regarding their future. This paper is an attempt to discuss
From past to present human beings have been living under determined laws and patterns and consequently the state exists necessarily. It has particular responsibilities such as promoting the welfare of the individual or protecting citizens from jeopardy toward the citizens who live in there. However, these responsibilities are not unilateral. In other words, as a member of community, although the citizens have a certain privileges, there are also liability that are required from citizens toward the state. There are three main responsibilities that are required from each individual to be a good citizen: Civic responsibilities, cultural responsibilities and moral responsibilities.
Decisions are the common choices all individuals make in the normal daily encounters. The life of every human being is principally guided by the decisions he or she makes at a personal level. Very often, people find themselves having made decisions that end up yielding negative results while, on the contrary, others make decisions that lead to excellent outcomes. It is however, important to note that not all decisions made by humans are considered important in their lives. Important decisions in life involve a lot before one arrives at the stage of making a final choice (Sloan). In the present day when the young people face the threat of lifestyle diseases, a choice to avoid habits that lead cause obesity and other harms to their wellbeing would be a major life decision in the life of a youth.