Comparative responsibility

Comparative responsibility is like sharing a cake with your friend. Let's say you and your friend were supposed to take care of cleaning up the kitchen after baking a cake, but you forgot to clean up your part of the kitchen. If your friend did their part of cleaning, but you didn't do your part, you are partly responsible for the dirty kitchen.

Comparative responsibility means that the amount of blame or responsibility can be divided up between two or more people who were involved in a situation. It is used to determine who is more at fault or who should pay more money in a legal case.

For example, if two cars get into an accident, the court may decide that one driver is 70% responsible and the other driver is 30% responsible for the accident. This means that the 70% responsible driver will have to pay more money to fix the damages, while the 30% responsible driver will have to pay less.

Comparative responsibility helps to make sure that people take responsibility for their actions and that the consequences are shared fairly.