The first duty is a based on previous actions, referred to as a promise. For example, when you make a promise you incur a duty. You also have the duty to repair harm from a previous action you have done. The second duty, gratitude, rests on previous acts of others toward you. The third duty, justice, rests on preventing the possibility of giving happiness not warranted to another person. In other words, when you make a choice be accountable for your actions. Happiness is something you have to earn. The fourth duty is acknowledgement that other beings in the world could better their condition based on our actions which is referred to as beneficence. The fifth duty is self-improvement. It arrives from our ability to improve our own virtue, intelligence or pleasure. Finally, the sixth duty requires one to avoid harm to others such as the Hippocratic Oath which says: “First do no
The first duty is a based on previous actions, referred to as a promise. For example, when you make a promise you incur a duty. You also have the duty to repair harm from a previous action you have done. The second duty, gratitude, rests on previous acts of others toward you. The third duty, justice, rests on preventing the possibility of giving happiness not warranted to another person. In other words, when you make a choice be accountable for your actions. Happiness is something you have to earn. The fourth duty is acknowledgement that other beings in the world could better their condition based on our actions which is referred to as beneficence. The fifth duty is self-improvement. It arrives from our ability to improve our own virtue, intelligence or pleasure. Finally, the sixth duty requires one to avoid harm to others such as the Hippocratic Oath which says: “First do no