Social Obligations

[Steppingfeet]

what does the term 'social obligations' mean to you?

or is it kind of outdated and irrelevant in our current time?

The word "obligation" doesn't have to be pejorative, but the term seems likely to carry negative connotations, as if to say that one is contractually/ethically/legally/socially required or bound to do something, or fulfill some function that they find undesirable and otherwise might not do.

Whether pejorative, nuetral, or positive, I think we all have social obligations, one to the other, whether it is social obligations to use the roadways fairly, or to be respectful to our neighbors, or to care for our family, or not hog up the collective resources, or to not muck up our shared environment, or to not bring a boombox cranked to ten onto the bus with you.