What is Moral Responsibility

Every citizen is given a certain set of morals to follow as a matter of his or her obligation to one's self, to others, and the society he or she belongs to. Once these morals have been broken, an individual or a group will have to face the consequences dictated by society for their decisions and actions. Thus, one has to have moral responsibility.

Morality is equivalent to human existence and identity. Human beings are born and raised in the world with pre-existing cultural and societal rules that their parents, teachers, and society teach them as they get to the point of maturity when they could be responsible for themselves. Moral responsibility is thus properly exercised independently, when one could fend for himself or herself. The high or low form of it may involve several external factors such as upbringing, economic status, education, etc., but in the end, it is a matter of one's personal decisions on whether to do what he or she perceives as right or wrong based on moral standards.

Every decision and action always has a consequence. Good ones result to praise or success while bad ones end in punishment or failure. How an individual deals with different scenarios of both good and bad depends on their moral responsibility. This is where a dilemma sets in. Is moral responsibility a matter of one's free will or a matter of satisfying what society dictates?

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