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is also crucial that the individual understands his responsibility for taking care of his community
and his environment.
During the European renaissance, humanity made a great advancement when various
philosophers and thinkers declared that every human being has a set of rights that are
incontrovertible. With the pass of time, these ideas developed even more, and more people
understood that rights belonged to everyone, regardless of race, belief, nationality or sex. In the
21st century another big step is due, it is no longer enough to tell the learner that we all have
human rights; in this new age, the learner must understand that along with human rights come
human responsibilities that every individual must honor. Having right is meaningless if nobody
feels the need to defend them. We are no longer in a time where it is acceptable for those who
are oppressed to fight for their rights by on their own while the whole world watches in apathy.
In this new era, the world must understand that the violation of any human being’s right is a
violation against the human race, and therefore it is our duty to fight against it.
An individual who is socially autonomous is one who understands his human
responsibilities and honors them with courage, integrity and strength. A person with social
autonomy understands that defending those who are oppressed is not an act of heroism, but a
basic act of human decency that we must all integrate into ourselves. A person with social
autonomy understands that it’s his responsibility to take care of the place where he lives, because
he shares this place with thousands of generations that deserve a clean and healthy world where
they can practice their own rights. A person with social autonomy respects those who share the
environment with him, because he understands that they deserve the same respect that he
demands, and so it is his duty to give it to them.