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                           Sense of Resonsibility




   What gives a person a sense of responsibility, a sense of duty,
   a sense of "should", "ought to", "have to", "must"?  The
   Spanish word "deber" may give some insight into this question.
   It means "to owe" and it also means "must", "have to", "ought
   to".  Its primary meaning of "to owe" has been expanded to mean
   "to owe it to oneself" (Duff. Spanish for Beginners. p. 95).
   Can we say a person's sense of responsibility or duty comes as
   a feeling of "owing something to oneself", of doing something
   that is necessary for his own soul, doing something that is
   required by his own inner self?  If so where does this demand
   of his inner self come from?  Why do some people have a lot
   stronger sense of responsibility and duty than other people do?
   What is the connection between this and the moral standards
   that one sets up for oneself?  To what extent does one set up
   moral standards for himself and to what extent are moral
   standards built into a person when he is born (i.e. to what
   extent are moral feelings and conscience learned or personally
   chosen or elected and to what extent is it innate)?
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