Hello. I am new to blogging, however am quite interested in the opportunity to give my piece of mind as well as recieve pieces from others. This should be an interesting scholarship process. I guess I might as well start with a "relevant progressive principle:" shared responsibility.
When I think of shared responsibility, I think of the complex between being a group yet being a unique individual. For some reason or another...a whole other topic in itself...we humans are here on this earth with hearts and brains, and we exist as in at least two different forms: as one and as a whole.
Exisiting as an individual means having one's own habits, interests, morals, lists of things to do, needs, desires, fears...all of which art to be catered to unless one wants to suffer a life of boredom. However, there is a point at which the individual cannot simply do as he or she pleases. This is when the complex begins between the one and the whole.
If one is to do as he or she pleases, well, this world might be full of death and destruction. Of course, upon looking at this statement, we might already be halfway there. So the individual has to buck up and realize that there are other people out there with their own habits, interests, morals and the like, and that those qualities may or may not mesh well with one's own. So what do we do?
Because the world has not fallen in onto itself yet, that means that there is something in us humans, in each "one," to somehow work together. We have a "shared responsibility" not only to taking care of one another, but of the earth as well.
Shared responsibility as in "I scratch your back, you scratch mine," "mi casa es su casa," and so on. working together to promote a welcoming world means being supportive of other people and what makes their lives good, while informing them of means of living a better life if need be. If I see a man driving away and I notice he left his coffee cup on his tailgate, I am going to flag him down and let him know; hand him his beverage. I do so assuming he would do the same for me; that he would share that moral, that responsibliity to me. Now of course, this is just merely coffee I'm talking about. Suppose I were getting myself into drugs, I would want someone to step in and help me out. Or if there was a wounded animal...that any "good samaritan" would offer it to a pet hospital. Or suppose my country was participating in a genocide, my leader was Hitler...I would certainly hope some country would be the better man and give my government some common sense. .
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all about satisfying my needs, wants, dreams, morals...but I try not to let it get to my head.
Participating in shared responsibility is not easy. In fact, it is incredibly difficult. It means opening one's personal comfort zone to strangers, scarificing-usually temporarily-ones desires/things-to-do to help out another, and making oneself vulnerable to extreme criticism of others. In the long run, it gets easier. It gets easier because everyone starts to catch on like a ripple in the water.
This world is not perfect, however, we can realisically strive to share responsiblity for the well-being and growth of the human race of of the world we cultivate.
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Your blog brings up an interesting point.
The whole idea behind Personal VS Group Mentality. Since I'm a firm believer in Nietzche's philosophy. There are two different kinds of people. The slave and the master. The slave carries a mentality which can be easily molded. The slave has a hard time thinking on their own. The master on the other hand is a leader. The master has the capability of getting people to listen to him/her.
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good point, and you can't have one without the other...the "slave" needs the "master" and vice versa. the only thing that gets tricky with this philosophy is: how are the two parties treating/respecting each other? Never heard of Nietzches...I'll have to look into that. thanks for your comment!