There is no life without responsibility. The modern age with its all glamour has found itself with an entitlement culture. With instant internet access, video-streaming content, next-day, orders, food choices, and more, many of us could hardly imagine living with less. The vacation of spirituality and religion in a secular materialist world has dragged many into passive consumerism and ditching life’s greater responsibilities. The Western world today finds itself battling its own ideological, spiritual and political fractures. Divided and polarised, what society needs is a return of responsibility and virtue. The duty to oneself and others mixed with a standard for moral excellence has left a compromising chase of individual desires. This article seeks to argue there is greater self-belief and mental peace in embracing responsibility. By striving for a deeper shared understanding of duty and change through moral virtue, we can all tame our expectations of the world. In turn, we may discover there is more contentment and joy to reap from our developing world.
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