Our actions have by-products, but we're not responsible for all of them

We consciously and unconsciously generate good and bad deeds. Not being in a vacuum, these deeds branch out and present people with various moral choices as a result. There comes a point in which the initiator is free of moral responsibility regarding the outcome of their deeds' secondary effects. When do you think this break occurs?

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u/Prudent_Front_5897 — 7 hours ago

ITAW for the people of China, Korea, and Japan collectively?

The peoples of these countries are undoubtedly different from each other in various ways, but as a foreigner I sense a distinct characteristic that distinguishes them from the rest of Aisa somehow, about which I may be totally wrong. Is there a word referring to all these nations as a whole?

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u/Prudent_Front_5897 — 8 hours ago

Should society be publicly held accountable when large-scale irresponsibility is excused?

Assume, for the sake of argument, a serious wrongdoing becomes public. Instead of conclusively addressing it, people agree to do nothing because of some minor but exaggerated excuse.

Does publicly criticizing this collective failure risk antagonizing people, thereby making the criticism useless or even counterproductive?

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u/Prudent_Front_5897 — 4 days ago