Eli5: What is “Responsibility?”

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What does this word as a core concept actually mean? What values does it represent and why is it important? I have heard it since I was a kid but never understood the core rationale behind this.

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Responsibility is a contract with society or nature to do certain actions to prevent negative outcomes and possibly have some benefits. Importabt parts here is understanding of negative outcomes and its probability.

Some examples:

People in many Africans countries have to apply chloride to water to prevent negative outcome to catch malaria and many other deseases.

Employee have to do their work properly and on time to reduce negative outcome of increased risk evaluation. When ceo see high risk evaluation they less likely want to rise employees pay rate and instead want to increase reserve, in extreeme case they will make company bankrupt if evaluations will show imminent company collaps.

Child may want to clean their room. Dirty stinky rooms reduce their social connections and increaly booling eg other childs migh swear at them something like stinky rat.

While all example above show possible negative outcome none of them actually a certain outcome.

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