Responsibilitysuch

Responsibilitysuch is an ethical term describing the degree of moral obligation that follows from a specified condition, action, or role. The word signals that responsibility is relative to the 'such'—the particular circumstances that define when an agent is accountable rather than universal across all situations.

The term is a neologism used mainly in contemporary ethics discussions and thought experiments to sharpen analysis of responsibility in contexts of moral luck, risk, and distributed accountability.

In practice, responsibilitysuch helps distinguish when agents deserve blame or praise based on factors like control, knowledge, and foreseen consequences. It is often invoked in medical, legal, corporate, and technological decision making to allocate duties and liability more precisely.

Critics argue that the criterion the 'such' embodies can be vague, shifting with context and social norms. Supporters respond that explicit attention to situational thresholds improves fairness by preventing blanket blame or exculpation.

Related concepts include causal responsibility, accountability, moral luck, and agent-relative duties. As a debated term, responsibilitysuch remains a proposal for clarifying accountability rather than a fixed theory.