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Dilemma 17

Dilemma 17

Q Watch: Ethical dilemma number seventeen: Citizen Responsibility: Justice, Community and Membership Discuss: Do citizens have a right to make good for their country’s historical wrongs? All written material will be judged not only on content but style. Typos, grammatical and spelling errors, and dishonesty (plagiarism) will all count against the final grade assigned. To successfully participate in a discussion forum, students will need to post a minimum of three relevant postings to the discussion, over at least three different days of the week. To be considered relevant, the posting must move the discussion forward with new information, opinion or direction. Posting only “I agree” or “I disagree” is not considered relevant, and will not be considered a relevant post. It is of course permissible to agree or disagree with a fellow classmate – as long as defensible reasons for the new position are provided. No personal attacks or disruptive behavior will be tolerated in the discussion. I believe the discussion boards are very important - hence I count them as a large part of your final grade. You will find I am generous with extra credit for bar-raising participation. Participate at least three different times a week, raise the bar each time, reference the sources for your opinions and you will do well. Keep the conversation flowing!

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This is somewhat a similar debate to the affirmative action discussion from last week, but with that, the responsibility was on the government or university whereas this is more about the individual citizen. So do citizens' have a right or some sort of responsibility to make amends for their country's past crimes or wrongdoings when they occurred long before they or their parents were even born? I would say no, we are only legally held accountable for actions that were directly involved within our lifetime, however, I see nothing wrong with formally apologizing. While we shouldn't be forced to make amends, I see nothing wrong with doing so and that it should be encouraged in many cases.