3/25/25

Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Spiderverse)

The Into the Spider-Verse variant of the familiar formulation — responsibility reframed as accountability, the upgrade from the personal ethics of Stan Lee's version to the social ethics of the Spiderverse's. Accountability includes the community's stake in what the power-holder does, the specific obligation to the people whose lives are affected by the decisions made from a position of capability. Miles's version of Spider-Man is accountable in the way that Peter's is responsible: same root, different emphasis, the difference reflecting the different communities each serves.