A Moral Obligation: Personal Responsibility
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A Moral Obligation: Personal Responsibility
Richard D. Paul II
University of Phoenix
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Two years ago I separated from the Air Force after thirteen years of service. I finally made the decision to further my education to open more career opportunities and advancements. Since the courses I am taking are online, there is an even higher pressure for the accountability of getting schoolwork done, creating and maintaining good study habits, time management skills, and avoiding the temptation to procrastinate. As a student, not taking personal responsibility for one’s own actions can increase the risk of not succeeding in one’s educational goals. Personal responsibility means taking individual accountability for one’s actions, whether they are in a positive or negative manner. Personal responsibility helps define how one is as a student and helps one make better decisions on how to conduct one’s studies. Taking responsibility for one’s own actions and knowing one’s limitations is the mark of a mature person. Whether good or bad, a person needs to own up to something they have done. It helps the person grow even further and learn from life’s lessons. In the essay, “A Moral for an Age of Plenty” by Jacob Bronowski, there is an account of Louis Slotin, a nuclear physicist helping to develop the atomic bomb. He was moving pieces of Plutonium together and accidently moved them too close too quickly and, in an move that was considered suicide, he moved the pieces apart with his bare hands. In this amazing act of personal responsibility, Slotin did what he knew he had to in order to spare the other men the same fate as him: death due to exposure to radiation. Additionally, a person needs to not bite off more than they can chew, and only take on what he or she can handle. Keeping track of one’s self and not allowing other’s
A Moral Obligation: Personal Responsibility
Richard D. Paul II
University of Phoenix
A MORAL OBLIGATION: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY 2
Two years ago I separated from the Air Force after thirteen years of service. I finally made the decision to further my education to open more career opportunities and advancements. Since the courses I am taking are online, there is an even higher pressure for the accountability of getting schoolwork done, creating and maintaining good study habits, time management skills, and avoiding the temptation to procrastinate. As a student, not taking personal responsibility for one’s own actions can increase the risk of not succeeding in one’s educational goals. Personal responsibility means taking individual accountability for one’s actions, whether they are in a positive or negative manner. Personal responsibility helps define how one is as a student and helps one make better decisions on how to conduct one’s studies. Taking responsibility for one’s own actions and knowing one’s limitations is the mark of a mature person. Whether good or bad, a person needs to own up to something they have done. It helps the person grow even further and learn from life’s lessons. In the essay, “A Moral for an Age of Plenty” by Jacob Bronowski, there is an account of Louis Slotin, a nuclear physicist helping to develop the atomic bomb. He was moving pieces of Plutonium together and accidently moved them too close too quickly and, in an move that was considered suicide, he moved the pieces apart with his bare hands. In this amazing act of personal responsibility, Slotin did what he knew he had to in order to spare the other men the same fate as him: death due to exposure to radiation. Additionally, a person needs to not bite off more than they can chew, and only take on what he or she can handle. Keeping track of one’s self and not allowing other’s