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I 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.



We 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.


Great. I define social responsibility in Platonic terms:

Good to the good, bad to the bad.




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