No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
Being a father is a huge responsibility but a satisfying one.
Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.
To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.
I'm not saying that men make better fathers than women do mothers.
It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.
We didn't know that Mother had gone through a passionate love affair or that Father suffered from severe depression. Mother was preparing to break out of her marriage, Father threatening to take his own life.
To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.
People are concerned, here again, about life, and haven't given a whole lot of attention to how you make fathers responsible for the lives they bring into the world.
If you're going to be a father and whatnot, yeah, you better be responsible about it as best you can.