what is the importance of self_discipline and self-governance in good citizenry?
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Think about what would happen if suddenly everyone decided that they were tired of "keep right" when they drove. They wanted to drive on the left side too.\n\nThere aren't enough cops in the world to MAKE people drive on the right side of the line. \n\nA stronger example occurred in the LA riots a decade or so back. Law enforcement could not stop the looting. But a television image did. It was footage of a man carrying a freshly "liberated" TV set being set upon by a small gang robbed of it. Easier than going to the store, I suppose.\n\nBut the image brought home to people the eventual consequenses of anarchy, the idea that laws to protect propery were protecting THEIR property too. Due to this image, the SOCIAL CONTRACT again went into effect.\n\nSo my conclusion is that the social contract -- self-discipline and self-governance -- is the most important aspect of our society.
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Developed character give honesty & integrity.  Discipline gives inteligence and a sense of accomplishment.  Love provides a servants heart.  All these are developed before a realtionship begins.  Know yourself well so your true self can be commuicated to another rather than an image conjured up to satisfy the supposed desires of others.
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It is only the unenlightened who are ungrateful and self-serving. It is for these people that commandments are necessary. Once we grow up, compassion for all living things becomes second nature. We realise that compassion is the only way to live. ungratefulness and self-serving ways are attempts to protect and coddle ourselves. They don't work. As a species we have far to go.
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Self-respect is a good reason.
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Yes, this is true to some extent.  However there must be some basic level of human decency and political ethics that underlies all human transactions.  Building from this foundation, we create a framework for dialog and tolerance.\n\nChief in this basic level is the absolute provision to "live and let live".  As long as some action or belief of mine does not impact your ability to live your life as you choose, you may protest but you may not threaten or use violence.
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Each of us are judged on what we did with the time, health and wealth that God blessed us with. If we had a hand in harming our environment, we will be judged accordingly, and if we did our best to help our environment, we will be judged accordingly. No one will have to worry about being held accountable for another's sins, and no one but you can account for your own self.
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I concur.  I feel like adherence to a prescribed moral principle removes personal responsibility.  I've felt that way (only perhaps less eloquent!) since I was eight.  If you are a good person because you adhere to the Bible / church values unquestioningly, you aren't actually a good person.  You are only truly good if you are the person choosing your own behavior.  I think fundamentally it boils down to manners - in greater or lesser dimensions.
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Practice and Self-Discipline.
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We need stronger control over the ones we have before we start to think about ever adding any new ones.  Government has entered into too many area's of our lives and we need to get this under control as well.  Good government does not mean controlling people through a series of government programs that set people up to fail rather than succede.  We have developed a whole set of people who have relied on the government for their support for several generations setting up a whole segment of our population that believes they have been set up to fail.  We have a society where everyone should have the same chances at success as all others do, yet part of our society has been set up for failure due to these programs.  While they are needed they should be set up to assist people rather than become a way of life.
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yes, because vigilance balances man's tendency to abuse not only his liberties but others as well. Vigilance is all that keeps the world from utter despotism.
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There is a good discussion on conscience in Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscience\n\nHope this helps!
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Discipline, or more accurately self-discipline, goes hand-in-hand with success.  While there may be exceptions, successful people are typically those who have learned to make themselves do what is needed in order to make things work, to get ahead.  Discipline also makes them do these things in the right way--no cutting corners, no breaking rules.\n\nThe discipline given to children is supposed to help them develop the self-discipline that they will need in order to mature and be successful as adults.\n\nSome children don't receive any discipline; others receive some, but it doesn't "take."  Those who reach adulthood without developing discipline will need always to have people around them to motivate them if they are to get anything done.  But, even if they are successful, they will typically also resent those who drive them.\n\nThe satisfaction of self-directed success comes only to the self-disciplined.
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I think you might mean the difference between self-discipline and obedience. In self-discipline, you take charge of your own behavior and make your own decisions, moral or otherwise. These days, though, "self-discipline" seems to be used more when talking about diet, exercise, and getting one's work done. \n\nIn obedience, you are obeying all the orders and all the rules that come from an authority outside of yourself: parents, teachers, commanding officers, bosses, clergyfolk.\n\nMost of the time, a person with self-discipline is also obedient. But a lot of high school valedictorians don't do well in college because of the difference between self-discipline and obedience. In high-school, the student is sitting in class six or seven days a week, and there are frequently assignments that need to be turned in before the end of class. The parents are at home, saying, "Have you finished your homework? Have you started your science project? Where are you in that term paper?"  \n\nIn college, the parents may be hundreds of miles away. Classes take up only a few hours of your day, and your professors don't nag. They give you a list of assignments and expect you to do your work on your own time. \n\nIt's 2 PM and you don't have class. Do you go to the gym to work out? Do you go for a walk, watch TV, or accept your friend's invitation to hang out at the pub? Or do you take that Shakespeare play to the quad to read under a tree, go to the library to begin that research paper, or sit down at a computer to write the essay that's due day after tomorrow? Are you going to go to the movies tonight and then pull an all-nighter to cram for the test you have tomorrow morning?\n\nIn high school, it's obedience that gets you through and makes you successful. In college, you need self-discipline.
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Kindness is more important. Though modern society is plagued by cynicism. It is more to the core of who we are.
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Self-governed by the people of the state
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On earth!!!!\n\nWe are entangled in local customs, norms and laws.\n\nTo do best on earth you must do something good for entire humanity. This may be very small not to becomes a news or a part of history.\n\nIn general life you should adopt good human values. The human values include:\n\nCare for others\nSacrifice for others\nExpression of obligation and gratitude to others.\nAvoid requesting others.\nDo not demand from others.
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Taught me how to be a good person.  Not a morally good person, though I mean that too, but how to be good at being a person.  No one ever told me that you have to try, even when it's not easy.  No one ever told me that being respectful and taking responsibility were vital to being a successful person -- that people will respect someone who takes responsibility for being wrong more than someone who gets out of trouble by not taking responsibility.  These are things I had to learn myself but I wish someone would have tried to teach me.  Not everyone picks this stuff up by themselves.