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The problem is that "social responsibility" has come to mean "subsidized egalitarianism." Thus most people with any life-experience want nothing to do with it.
by fuckpig 13y ago
The problem is that "social responsibility" has come to mean "subsidized egalitarianism."
Thus most people with any life-experience want nothing to do with it.
- wavefunction 13y agoI find the opposite, that the most adult and mature folks I know are interested in fulfilling their social responsibility. They may not be interested in the straw-man version you've proposed, but your definition is not the end-all, be-all of what "social responsibility" is.
- nickff 13y agoWe need a clear definition of "social responsibility", as many use the term to mean "collective responsibility", which really means 'foisting the costs on the politically powerless". I see "social responsibility" as personal, which means that you are personally responsible for the society you live in; this is difficult when the government crowds out charities, and gives many people reason to free-ride.
- fuckpig 13y agoGreat. I define social responsibility in Platonic terms: Good to the good, bad to the bad.