Moral Responsibilities

Moral Responsibilities

Do we have a moral responsibility toward less fortunate people?

An accurate definition of moral responsibility is based on an accurate understanding of right/wrong, and an accurate understanding of right/wrong needs to be derived from knowledge explored in a variety of ways. We do have moral responsibilities towards the less fortunate people because they are not blessed with all the blessings of God and since we have been blessed with everything we need, we can share with them in a way that we can thank god for blessing us with all the things. On the other hand, people that are less fortunate must be helped by everyone because progress can be made in this way. A society, in which we are living, can only be advanced after we adopted disciplined beliefs in helping others. There is chance of decay, if we are not doing it. The people will more often ruined by obsession and personal rivalry about our own well being. This can be assessed with the example that what would have happened to our kids if we would not have taken care of them. Similarly, the people who are unable to help themselves can get help from others and in return, that can make powerful them to help others, and so everyone livelihood and standing get better (Warfield, 2010).

Is it wrong to divulge a secret that someone has confided in you?

If you know something about someone close to you, but the knowledge was given to you in utter confidence by someone who's trust was of utmost importance, it is your moral responsibility to divulge that information to that someone close to you will result; if you did, that someone close to you would be devastated by the truth, while not being able to do anything to change ...