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Peggy Carter (offthepeg) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-05-28 22:30:00

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A little philosophy for everybody to ponder.

What is duty?

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	offthepeg 2013-05-29 05:38 am UTC (link)
	That's a very succint view of duty but sometimes doesn't duty clash with our moral integrity? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ill_fated 2013-05-29 05:40 am UTC (link)
	If you allow it to. Why have morals if you don't hold to them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-05-29 05:43 am UTC (link)
	Sometimes we have no choice but to do our duty, even if it clashes with our personal morality. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ill_fated 2013-05-29 05:45 am UTC (link)
	And what duty requires such sacrifice of integrity? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-05-29 05:48 am UTC (link)
	I was a soldier in the Second World War. I don't like killing people, even the enemy if I could help it, but I had a duty to the protect my country, did I not? That duty precipitated my morality. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ill_fated 2013-05-29 05:54 am UTC (link)
	There is expectation, surely, but I might argue that moral and duty became one in that instance. You swore to protect your country, and your moral idea of a pledge and what it meant led you to your duty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-05-29 06:01 am UTC (link)
	So one moral outweighted the other in that scenario? Even though I still live with the consequences, sacrificing part of my morality for a duty was good? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ill_fated 2013-05-29 06:03 am UTC (link)
	Only you may decide if it was good or bad. Choices made, consequences suffered. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	offthepeg 2013-05-29 06:10 am UTC (link)
	I suppose my subconscious is already doing that for me. Thank you for your insights. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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