Is it your duty to donate to charity?

Hey ya dudes.

Without telling you guys i think you already know looking at the title. (obvious)

So, is it your duty to donate to charity?


First, lets analyse the word, Charity. so, what is Charity?

Just to let you all know, i felt that charity is like an involuntary act, an act that you want to do, for the sake of the handicapped, the needy, etc. I am not going to make it cliche, but i think that charity is not a must to do, moreover of an initiative.

Why do we have charity then?

Well, the world have infinite number of unlucky handicaps and more that really needs financial support or welfare support. That is when charity clicks into place. Charity is made so as to let the people contribute to the needy and help them.

So, is it your DUTY to donate to charity?

Well, honestly speaking, duty means that it is a must-do, a thing you are supposed to do. So, by right, it is NOT your duty to donate to charity. But, BY RIGHT.

In the 21st century, the world had advanced in many areas and the behaviour of people had changed a lot. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, i said that by right, it is nt your duty to donate to charity. However, the world had transformed into such a place with the idea of charity that is ironic to the word, CHARITY itself, Nowadays, there are so many charitable organisations that almost everyday you will see an advertistment or two regarding the handicapped and stuff like that. That makes you feel kinda of guilty if you do not contribute to charity.

That is my point. It will make you feel guilty or lose out to others if people donates but you do not. And there are also a lot of advertistments going on about you playing a part to help the needy... Blah Blah Blah... So, i am just trying to say that the whole duty and charity thing is actually contradicting itself. Charity is supposed to be a voluntary work but nowadays the society had changed in such a way that charity had become a duty.

So, the question, as usual, is left hanging on a thread.

Is it a duty?

Is it a voluntary act?

You decide.