Consider a fictional person named Alex. A “job” for Alex is a scope of affairs (features of the world) that Alex is considered responsible for observing and handling. Alex might have multiple roles that we can think of as jobs, e.g. “office manager”, “husband”, “neighbor”.
I somewhat disagree with how this section is presented so I wrote a post about it and proposed a compromise.
In summary:
I propose defining boundaries in the Alex example not in terms of “jobs”, but in terms of: 1) contracts (mutual agreements between two parties), and 2) property / things he owns.
Alex is not “responsible” for *someone else’s* poverty. (And “donating” is not/cannot be part of his “job”.) He is, however, responsible for his values, and in this case because of his values, he is *expressing care* for someone else’s poverty, and this is distinct from “taking responsibility”.
I somewhat disagree with how this section is presented so I wrote a post about it and proposed a compromise.
In summary:
I propose defining boundaries in the Alex example not in terms of “jobs”, but in terms of: 1) contracts (mutual agreements between two parties), and 2) property / things he owns.
Alex is not “responsible” for *someone else’s* poverty. (And “donating” is not/cannot be part of his “job”.) He is, however, responsible for his values, and in this case because of his values, he is *expressing care* for someone else’s poverty, and this is distinct from “taking responsibility”.