So you are saying, all human beings somehow are responsible for the happiness (we didn&#x27;t define what they are responsible for but I&#x27;ll assume happiness&#x2F;well being) of all others? Where do you draw the line? Why are you not giving more of your salary to poor people? Who determines what is enough giving? Can I hold you responsible? Or, who can? Or do you perhaps I agree that you may feel responsible but you can&#x27;t be held responsible... In which case your <i>are</i> not responsible (claiming one <i>is</i> responsible for others is the statement I originally responded to). One can <i>take</i> responsibility for the well being of other, this can feel good. One does not <i>have</i> this responsibility implicitly. Or at least I strongly believe one should not.<p>Example: What is a more desirable situation?<p>A persons taking responsibility for a child out of a deep feeling that it is good of a person feeling forced into taking care of a child because of cultural pressures? (Arguably) The child of person 2 is better off when someone is found that feels natural responsibility for him&#x2F;her.<p>Luckily most parents feel strong responsibility for the well being of their offspring. For those that don&#x27;t, we have adoption agencies and other methods to help. Generally our society believes it to be more moral that people can give their child away than to force them into a responsibility they don&#x27;t want (or know they can&#x27;t handle). So we already believe, even for our own children, that responsibility is yours to take, not something you have by default and needs to be forced upon you. Forced responsibility is not love, it is anti-love, it will lead to sick relationships.<p>So to come back to the original post: Being adults is about <i>taking</i> responsibility, not about complying to some culture enforce role model that <i>is</i> responsible for others. You can not be forced into taking responsibility (meaning you don&#x27;t somehow <i>have</i> it) but if you don&#x27;t take it, you&#x27;ll end up nowhere (you&#x27;ll be a homeless person or in jail.)