Personal responsibility enforced by the government is no such thing.
Of course American culture has ALWAYS been about personal autonomy or 'self rule'. Ever hear of "the right to life, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness"?
A definition of liberty from online: "the freedom to think or act without being constrained by necessity or force."
When government is making someone live up to his/her obligations it is as a means of protecting the rights of the one on the receiving end of those obligations--it is not in the position to force anyone to do something because Rick Santorum thinks they're too self-absorbed.
I briefly supported Santorum, but now he's as off-the-wall and unqualified as Obama or Paul.
“Personal responsibility enforced by the government is no such thing.”
*sigh*
I’m talking about how one is to be governed by God, not the State. Autonomy defies communism, yes, it also defies Faith, in arguing that nobody is the boss of you, not even God. In this, it is contrary to what America was founded on.
Rights come from God, you did not earn them, or get them yourself.
We Hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their CREATOR, certain inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
God gave you these rights, not you. Autonomy is wrong, and contradicts what America believes.
“Ever hear of “the right to life, LIBERTY and the pursuit of happiness”? “
Ever hear, GRANTED BY THEIR CREATOR
“A definition of liberty from online: ‘the freedom to think or act without being constrained by necessity or force.’ :
Freedom without constraint is libertinism. It is not the same as Liberty.
“When government is making someone live up to his/her obligations it is as a means of protecting the rights of the one on the receiving end of those obligations”
Again, I am talking about being governed by God, not by the government.