A bit off-topic, but not too much so, since one of the foundation ideas of morality is that of “responsibility”. Here is something I recently wrote on that topic:
Responsibility is not additive. If you could have prevented something from being done to you by acting differently, then you are responsible for it happening to you. If someone did it to you against your will, they are also responsible for it happening to you. More generally, responsibility is how avoidable a particular result was, depending on a party’s actions; everyone participating is responsible to the extent that they could have prevented/avoided the result by acting otherwise. The extent of Party A’s responsibility has no relevance to the extent of Party B’s responsibility.
You should realize that most people don’t hold themselves, or other people, morally responsible for everything they had the power to prevent.
I don’t think anyone consistently acts according to your concept of moral responsibility. On the other hand, people say a great many things, and sometimes say what you do here.
A bit off-topic, but not too much so, since one of the foundation ideas of morality is that of “responsibility”. Here is something I recently wrote on that topic:
Responsibility is not additive. If you could have prevented something from being done to you by acting differently, then you are responsible for it happening to you. If someone did it to you against your will, they are also responsible for it happening to you. More generally, responsibility is how avoidable a particular result was, depending on a party’s actions; everyone participating is responsible to the extent that they could have prevented/avoided the result by acting otherwise. The extent of Party A’s responsibility has no relevance to the extent of Party B’s responsibility.
You should realize that most people don’t hold themselves, or other people, morally responsible for everything they had the power to prevent.
I don’t think anyone consistently acts according to your concept of moral responsibility. On the other hand, people say a great many things, and sometimes say what you do here.