Conscious inaction; an action in itself?

[devonin]

If you grant, for a moment, that inaction as I defined it -does- count as an action, which allows for your particular kind of feeling of responsibility; can you at least see how in such an instance, the degree to which you then are responsible is irellevant, and the degree to which you may or may not feel morally good or bad about it becomes irellevant in the statement "I am responsible"?

If you can see how given that circumstance (even though I know you disagree with that circumstance) your summation of as

"There is some, necessarily undefined level of responsibility applicable to all existing entities for all existing situations, which may or may not have a link to some, necessarily undefined level of moral responsibility, which may or may not allow for moral evaluation based on personal values, in a way that remains open-ended and undefined".

actually boils down to "There is some level of responsibility applicable to people who are aware of a situation, have the power to effect it, and are aware of the consequences of doing so" then perhaps I have some miniscule hope of explaining my position in a way that you will at least understand, even if you continue to vehemantly disagree.