Americans are sometimes criticized for being too individualistic, and in particular for approaching moral issues with too great an emphasis on rights. Although we said that rights and duties are usually correlated with each other, what difference (if any) do you think would occur if Jefferson had written, "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all people are created equal; that they owe duties of respect to all other persons, and are owed these duties in return"? Write down a list of duties that you believe all reasonable persons should recognize as absolute, that is, as having no justified exceptions. Is the list very long? Explain why your list is short or long, and defend your view against possible criticism.

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