Is moral responsibility fact or opinion?

Question

Is moral responsibility fact or opinion?

Answer 1

i don't really understand the question, but i think moral responsibility is something that everybody needs to have.  it shouldn't be a choice (maybe what you mean by opinion?) - it is, after all, a RESPONSIBILITY.

Answer 2

The opinion of the person. Morals are very much personal experiences a person has.

Answer 3

It's an opinion.  The construction of reality is subjective, and it gets recreated every day by each of us.  Every time it is reconstructed, it is shaped by our past experiences, and yours and mine can be completely different.  Therefore, who really has the right to say that they alone are the ones who determine who is morally responsible for what?  We each have our own priorities.  Just try to live up to your own morals.

Answer 4

I suppose the only reason you would think of it as a responsibility is if you felt there will be something which could be punished after your body dies and rots (such as a soul), or if you think there is again something which will be sent back over and over to a world in which immoral action is capable of happening (reincarnation) until you get it right. In the latter case you would be a target of others who assumed that it was not a responsibility.

Answer 5

It all depends on what your moral values are.

Answer 6

Only those who believe in a moral lawgiver, i.e. God,  have a moral responsibility.  Without a higher moral authority than ourselves, we have no obligation to obey any law.  That is the great freedom enjoyed by the atheist.