自己責任

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 自己責任 (じこせきにん) is a compound noun for the idea that an individual must bear responsibility for choices and outcomes.
• Basic usage: 自己責任として片づける describes reducing failure solely to individual responsibility, while 自己責任という言葉 quotes the expression itself when it is used to deny support.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Responsibility principle and critical quotation
  • 自己責任として marks a framework of judgment, while 自己責任という言葉 makes the phrase itself an object of criticism. Neither example unconditionally endorses that doctrine.