Heidegger comments that we all inhabit various worlds. They may be the worlds of students, teachers, businesswomen, artists, or whatever else. We are able to move comfortably in whichever of these worlds we inhabit and will find ourselves awkward in whichever we don't inhabit. For example, Teachers will move comfortably in classrooms, but not in boardrooms.
In addition to feeling comfortable in these worlds, we also help define them. As I blog, I move in the world of bloggers and when I hit 'publish' I will further define/refine what it is to be a blogger. Every world is in a state of existential metamorphoses. This leaves the actors in worlds with some existential responsibility. As the actors actions mold their respective worlds, they have a responsibility to those worlds.
Each of us, then, must make sure that we are being responsible to the worlds we inhabit.
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