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Originally Posted by ubertuber
To answer your last question, yes, I believe one is responsible for the consequences arising from an action which that person believed had no negative results. Making mistakes is not easy or fun, but all of us do it. As I see it, taking responsibility for the results of our mistakes is important.
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What is the difference between intentionally doing something irresponsible and doing something irresponsible by virtue of lack of knowledge?
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Originally Posted by powerclown
It might help the discussion if we take this out of the world of abstraction and into reality? Can you cite an example of what you might mean?
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Are you referring to this, specifically:
Society changes constantly - therefore what is deemed responsibile and what is deemed irresponsible shifts accordingly.
If so, a simple example would be healthy eating habits. It is responsible to eat healthily - but the knowledge of what is and is not healthy is constantly changing as we learn and study how the body reacts to various substances under various conditions. Society's definition of health changes, therefore, the actions which are deemed responsible when it comes to health must also change.