Social responsibility

I, Brian · 11-30-2005, 02:22 PM

Is Social Responsibility something we can refer to in objective terms, or does it remain a personal subject?

Meaning, can we say there is a thing called Social Responsibility and define it - or will any such attempt remain relative?

brucegdc · 11-30-2005, 06:29 PM

I think the *concept* is easily discussed & agreed on - the responsibility we have as ethical humans to the society in which we live. The details, though... my definition of what that responsibility is is probably not yours.

truthseeker · 12-01-2005, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

Is Social Responsibility something we can refer to in objective terms, or does it remain a personal subject?

Meaning, can we say there is a thing called Social Responsibility and define it - or will any such attempt remain relative?

Social Responsibility can be objective if the society can agree upon a definition and a method and the ideology is supported by the government. We have to look at our obligations and how we support those obligations. I think our means for supporting our obligations also becomes a means for promoting social responsibility.

Pathless · 02-02-2006, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by I, Brian

Is Social Responsibility something we can refer to in objective terms, or does it remain a personal subject?

Meaning, can we say there is a thing called Social Responsibility and define it - or will any such attempt remain relative?

I think the big danger in defining 'social responsibility' is that it then becomes something that is compulsory--something to be enforced by an external authority. After that, it's not social responibility at all; it's just required community service, which is so often done for the wrong reasons. Social responsibility is a matter of conscience, and therefore lies within the individual.

On the other hand, a society can be built upon values and expressions that foster a sense of subjective social responsibility within individuals; still, social responsibility can never be decreed in objective terms or enforced by some external authority without losing its essence.

My thoughts.