[em-bee]

it's not about owing my parents anything but that as their child i am responsible to take care of them.

in fact, at least in germany this responsibility is even law. if i were earning above my needs, and my parents were on social welfare, i would be legally obligated to support them. same goes for siblings and children, and possibly other close relatives.

so here society does impose its morals.

or, put differenly, i see it as me owing it to society to take care of my famyly by myself instead of relying on society to do it for me