Responsibility Responsibility is the consequence of duty. Each of us, in exchange for the benefits of living in community with others, owes a duty to all. That duty creates responsibility. Part of our responsibility is to answer claims for damages filed by people who say you injured them by breaching your duty. If the complaining party can prove both, you lose and are required by government to meet your responsibility by paying the other side for their damages.
Responsibility applies to both parties.
We are all responsible to each other. It is the purpose of government to enforce our responsibility. One man said right is not left. Children tried again and again for an acceptable answer. A different view.