More thoughts on responsibility

I've been thinking about that last post I wrote.  About the question, "do we have a responsibility to treat others with kindness?"  I wrestled with it for a while, but really couldn't get anywhere.  And then I realized why:  I don't care.  I don't care if we have a responsibility to treat others with kindness.  If we do, then great.  I'm already doing that, so it doesn't really impact me.  If we don't, I will still act with kindness toward people, because that's who I choose to be.  As far as, "do other people have a responsibility to treat people with kindness?"  That doesn't matter to me either.  There's nothing I can do about whether they meet their responsibilities or not, so there's no reason for me to concern myself with the notion.  I will continue to be kind and I will continue to seek out kind people and avoid unkind people.  That will be good enough.