Do you believe in civic duties?

Question

I don't ... The only thing that I try to follow to my best abbility is the LAW. What makes the law a job that we must full fill.

Answer 1

It's not so much the law as the country. The United States only imposes a small handful of civic duties on its people, and all for good reasons.

For instance, with jury duty, the belief is that the best way to guarantee a fair trial for someone is to pick a group of regular people to listen to the case. The obligation to you is that your name comes up once every *six* years or so. While that can be inconvenient, it's an important part of how the justice system works.

If you're talking about civic duties in more general terms, it's really between you and yourself-- if the law doesn't compel you to do something, then it's up to you if you want to do something that's considered beneficial to you and society. Elections, for example, are something that everybody should participate in, despite not being legally compelled to. The end result is a better country built on the needs of the people.

Civic duties are inconvenient at worst, but oftentimes very important.

Answer 2

Paying taxes and obeying traffic laws are " civic duties" and I do both of these because I don't want to face the consequences.