"The Obligation to Die for the State" In his essay Michael Walzer discusses the political obligation citizens have to their state. In order to have a running community and society you have to work together and make difficult decisions. These decisions can alter you and the people around drastically in both positive and negative ways but are necessary to have a working "State." It's not only hard decisions but obligations you have to your state as a loyal citizen. Those obligations are there for a reason and must be followed even if they include death. As a loyal citizen you have obligations and duties. Everyone needs to make the necessary sacrifices and have the dedication to their State. "Society must be an agreement to die if necessary in order to live together in safety as long as possible" (Walzer, 86).As citizens we have a moral obligation to die rather than kill an innocent man. Walzer describes a court case in which Person A holds a gun up to Person B and orders him to kill Person C or he will be killed; B then proceeds to kill Person C. In the court of law Person B is responsible for the murder of Person C. No matter how fear and power influenced him, he is still guilty. With moral obligation, Person B should have died himself rather than kill an innocent person who has done no harm. The state wants citizens to feel that they will receive personal glory for dying for your state and receive the title of "Hero". I do not think that personal glory is really worth dying for, rather the impact and betterment of your state due too a sacrifice of such a precious thing as life. ' A good intention is necessary, and we should love our county not so much on our own account, as out of regard to the community' (Walzer, 79). If you have the proper motives the personal glory will be minimal compared to the effects you will have on filling your obligations to the State.In Walzers view everyday citizens should be ready to die if...
