I don’t buy Harry’s argument. I call it ethical solipsism, thinking that you are the only one who has any ethical responsibility, and everyone else’s actions are simply the consequences of your own.
Ironic. I consider anything else ethical solipsism. Why would it matter when it’s your fault, but not when it’s someone else’s?
Also, I don’t think Harry made an argument. He just defined heroic responsibility.
I would say that he was making at least the argument that “this level of responsibility is something you should adopt if you want to be a hero”, and probably the more general argument that “people should adopt this attitude toward responsibility.
Ironic. I consider anything else ethical solipsism. Why would it matter when it’s your fault, but not when it’s someone else’s?
Also, I don’t think Harry made an argument. He just defined heroic responsibility.
I would say that he was making at least the argument that “this level of responsibility is something you should adopt if you want to be a hero”, and probably the more general argument that “people should adopt this attitude toward responsibility.