Personal Moral Duty

Moral duties are those that are assigned by us and us alone. No one can tell us how to make decisions. Our moral duty is defined in the way that we are raised, the choices we make, and the people we have made allegiances with. No one person’s moral duty is more right than any other person’s duty. As soon to be officers of the Navy, we are given immense power to define both our duty and moral duty. Duty to the Constitution and to protect and serve our country is separate, or at least should be held separate, from our own moral duty to our family, or our own personal beliefs. We face a tough decision defining our choices and what makes them constitutional. Furthermore, what gives us definition for what is right, what is wrong, and how we make the correct decision? For myself, my moral duty is to my family and to accomplish all that I can for them. My goal for this paper is to give answers to these questions and to give insight for how decision making should be done. I’m going to start off by comparing and contrasting the two biggest ideologies that define decision making. I will then present a way to find equilibrium between the philosophies and eventually move into a conclusion summing up my thoughts. I am backing up my findings not only using my sources, but the …show more content…
This gives both philosophies a standard duty. The standard in the Navy is our duty to the constitution, which also defines our moral duty as leaders. It is our connection as human beings that define our moral duties to ourselves. We have power to define the rules that bind us and without a moral foundation we, as humans, are more than capable of making poor decisions. Since we do not have the instant opinion of everybody, we need to find something that allows us to define our