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Submitted By: Gilbert Griffiths
Accountability means being held to account, scrutinized, and being required to give an statement or explanation of your actions and decisions.
Somewhere in the last half century or so, society as a whole seemed to forget that there was such a thing as individualized responsibility or individualized accountability. Whether accountability and responsibility disappeared in the rush to claim the almighty dollar as the most important thing in life or whether they disappeared along with morality in favour of “the right of an individual to do whatever they want” is unknown. What is known, however, is that when individuals no longer felt that they were responsible for their own actions, society began to crumble.
Today, when someone does something that they should not do, instead of being prefabricated to grappling the consequences blame is shifted to their parents, the environment or the location where they were raised, their schooling or demand thereof, alcohol, drugs, the government or some other thing. The individual is never held accountable. That is pure crap. If the mortal is not mentally deficient, then they know the difference between right and wrong. If they know the difference then they also know if they do something that they will have to pay the consequences.
It is time that parents, teachers, religious leaders and the courts start teaching children from an primeval age that they must take responsibility for their actions and that they are accountable for everything that they do. - Click here to read more ...