Is the axiom of choice really related to choice?

Should choice and responsibility always be proportionally linked?

• When choice and responsibility are proportionally linked, that means that to whatever extent I have a choice about something, I am responsible for the outcome or consequence of that choice. And to whatever extent I am held responsible for any sort of situation or condition, I should have had authority or choice to either make that condition possible or avoid it. I have always believed in this link between responsibility and choice as an axiomatic moral principle. In the real world, choice is not always proportional to responsibility in practice. I have discovered an assortment of examples where responsibility does not follow choice proportionally. The purpose of the question is to challenge the universality of the axiom. Either provide reasoning with examples of situations where choice should not be linked to responsibility, or provide support for why you believe the link should always be proportional no matter what.

• Answer:

  My answer is based on an assumption of free will. I do this because the vast majority of people believe in free will, and most of the rest act as if they believe in it. One problem is that responsibility can be fairly vague and has to be judged on a case by case basis. Are you responsible for something that occurred because of your stupidity? If something you do is prompted by avarice or malice, yet the results are beneficent you don't get credit for the result. You would still be deficient in morals. On the other hand. I was trying to write a useful answer to your question, but my ineptitude prevented that. It doesn't make me a bad guy.