Somebody else's problem

"Someone else's problem" is an issue which is dismissed by a person on the grounds that they consider somebody else to be responsible for it.

See also

• Abilene paradox
• Buck passing
• Bystander effect
• Externality
• First they came ...
• Inattentional blindness
• Moral responsibility
• NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard)
• Other people's money
• Sheeple