Our Ethical Responsibility

    I believe that we do have some responsibility to make the world a better place.  As a powerful country of hundreds of millions, we have the power to make a huge difference in the lives of those in third world countries, or countries affected by disaster.  However, I do not believe that our responsibility as a country extends as far as our responsibility as a person.  I believe that our country's (namely our government's) main responsibility is to make sure the people in our country are doing well, and that the United States is a well-oiled machine.  Our resonsibility as a country lies in that we are better off than many, and that our empathy as human beings should make us feel responsible to help those others.  But I believe that our responsibility as a person is much greater.  Natalie Warne makes this point well I think.  She talks about anonymous extraordinaries, people who feel that empathy that Sam Richards was talking about, and really do something about it, even if they may not get the credit they deserve.  That is the kind of responsibility to take action that I think we have as a person.  The kind of responsibility we have as a country is more to preserve our ideals, and make sure that the people that are not as well off can have the chance to live like we do in our country.  This responsibil