What is duty?

Question

What do we as humans have a duty to?

iqstrike, are you incapable of sacrifice? Explain yourself.

Answer 1

Duty is a term loosely applied to any action (or course of action) which is regarded as morally incumbent, apart from personal likes and dislikes or any external compulsion. Such action must be viewed in relation to a principle, which may be abstract in the highest sense (e.g. obedience to the dictates of conscience) or based on local and personal relations. That a father and his children have mutual duties implies that there are moral laws regulating their relationship; that it is the duty of a servant to obey his master within certain limits is part of a definite contract, whereby he becomes a servant engaging to do certain things for a specified wage. Thus, it is held that it is not the duty of a servant to infringe a moral law even though his master should command it. For the nature of duty in the abstract, and the various criteria on which it has been based, see ethics.

From the root idea of obligation to serve or give something in return, involved in the conception of duty, have sprung various derivative uses of the word; thus it is used of the services performed by a minister of a church, by a soldier, or by any employee or servant.

Many schools of thought have debated the idea of duty. While many assert mankind's duty on their own terms, some philosophers have absolutely rejected a sense of duty (such as the Taoists).

Answer 2

Your first duty is to not be a sucker. If Chicken George did not have to serve in Vietnam, no real man should have accepted going in his place. That also goes for the "deferment" given to college students. So duty is too often abused. No one has a right to be proud of doing his duty without demanding something from those he does his duty towards.

Answer 3

Our duty to live like humans.

Answer 4

we have many duties.... varies from individual to individual, as part of a society, and to living on this planet.
- you have moral and ethical duties specific to you as an individual to lead the best life you can, for your life to be fullfilling and meaningful.
- you have moral and ethical duties to those around you and how you affect the lives of others in your community in a positive way.
- you have moral and ethical duties as a living being on this planet, and how your actions and contributions affect the planet now and in the years to come.
otherwise, we would be nothing more than a waste of oxygen, wouldn't we?.

Answer 5

Doing what is expected within your job description.

Answer 6

We are our brother's keeper. We have a duty to each other.

Answer 7

Live. That is our prime directive, everything else is secondary.

Answer 8

responsibility for doing something you DON'T LIKE

Answer 9

live and die .the rest is a lie