{"id":218656,"date":"2020-03-26T06:01:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=218656"},"modified":"2020-03-26T06:22:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:22:12","slug":"what-is-my-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/26\/what-is-my-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"What is My Duty?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is my duty? What is my duty to myself, Cindy, my family, friends, society, and humanity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Debeo<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Selfie<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Debitum<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d my duty, my debt, my obligation. Like a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153debit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d card. It seems the notion of duty first originates from the financial notion of debt. If you owe someone money or have a debt, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re obliged to them. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t got freedom. You gotta pay them back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My duty <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"selfie<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My personal duty is to be strong. To be strong for myself and others. My hierarchy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First myself, then Cindy, then friends, family, then everyone else. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t gotta \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pay back\u00e2\u20ac\u009d your debt in life <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The misguided notion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus sacrificed his life for us, thus we must also sacrifice our lives for others, otherwise we are contemptible, evil, and despicable people who will rot in hell.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\"Selfie<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Utilitarian notions <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tricky thing about utilitarianism and American and western thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collective happiness and thriving of everyone prioritizes the masses over the individual. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Thus, an individual is seen only as a useful instrument or utility for the masses. Anything an individual does for the herd is good, anything the individual does for himself is evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Duty must be self-dictated \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for yourself, by yourself, and towards your own personal ends. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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