Agency
A door is not responsible if it swings and hits you in the nose. Neither is the hand of the guy who punched you.
Philosphers and lawyers talk about agency. Responsibility comes with the capacity to act in the world. If you can decide, if you can act, you have agency.
Life without agency would be a nightmare. Trapped in a box, unable to do anything by choice, nothing but a puppet…
Why then, do organizations and individuals struggle so intently to avoid the responsibility that comes with agency? “It's not my job, my boss won't let me, there's a federal regulation, we're prohibited, it's our supplier, that's our policy…”
It's not something you can turn on or off. Either you have the capacity to act in the world. Or you don't.
