Talk:Duty
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"duty" is an anti-concept which obscures the Law of Causality. Such a thing has no real existence. There is only choice and by Causality, the consequences of choice.
There is nothing that a man has 'got to do' except die. Reality gives us a great many "musts," but they are conditional and really mean "you must, if --" and the if stands for man's choice: "--if you want to be alive tomorrow in this desert, you must drink water today." You must practice, if you want to be an all-star football player. You must obey the law, if you wish to avoid prison.
In order for a man to achieve his goals he must make choices. To make the choices, a man needs to constantly and automatically be aware of the principle of causality.
It is causality -- not "duty" -- that guides one in considering, evaluating and choosing one's actions, especially those needed to achieve a long-range goal.
- Wikipedia is not a place for original work. siafu 21:50, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
