Indifferent or Responsible?

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944), the French writer and poet, once wrote: “To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.” With this statement, he emphatically highlighted the connection between being human and the responsibility we either embrace or abandon. Saint-Exupéry emphasized the link between humanity, referred to in Greek as humanitas, and our capacity and readiness to respond to our fellow humans. It is essential to recognize that the term “responsibility” clearly derives from the verb “respond.” To what extent are we truly aware of and comprehending of this relationship? After all, it indicates the direction of ethical conduct towards others.