Abstract
In this chapter, I extrapolate two important theories of responsibility for
negligent actions that apply to individual actions to explain the character of
responsibility in relation to an action that takes place in the context of group
‘belonging’, i.e., the ‘reasonable expectations’ view and ‘the responsibility as
answerability’ conception. These theories might seem promising as a means of
explaining the problem of responsibility for negligence that arises due to moral
ignorance resulting from ‘group belonging’. I will show, however, that they
fail to explain the phenomenon in an adequate way. I also reflect on the lessons
we can learn from our via negativa.