Philosopher David Kelley distinguishes between two levels of responsibility (

The more basic level of responsibility is associated with a "managerial outlook" and consists basically of following the "rules": "There are many people who apply themselves in school, who work hard to support themselves and their families, who keep their promises and pay their debts, who obey the law and stay out of trouble—but who do all this out of a sense of duty."
The deeper level of responsibility reflects an "entrepreneurial outlook." "This attitude is in part a sense of self-ownership, a conviction that one's life is one's own, not something for which one must answer to some higher power. In part, it is a willingness to set the terms of one's life—to form convictions, to choose goals and values, and to make decisions—by one's own judgment, without dependence on others. And in part it is a spirit of self-reliance, initiative, and alertness to opportunity, a belief that life is what you make of it." This second level is widely achieved only in a free society and makes possible progress and growth.