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Mary Elliott, I agree this exercise is difficult. Most of us have made mistakes in our life and know we cannot change the decisions we made. It is easy to look back and say I should have done this or that but as they say hind sight is everything. It is often not easy to change our career choices even when you are willing to stand up and take full responsibility for the decisions you made. We must make the best of our bad choices until we are able to change them.
Unfortunately, some philosophers feel that we are not only responsible for our actions but also for our beliefs (Fernandez, 2013). These philosophers feel we are as much responsible for our beliefs as we are responsible for our actions (Fernandez, 2013). Other philosophers feel

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