Responsibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23133103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David G Winter (0000-0002-6490-7467, City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Pages | 500-505 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Motivation and Personality (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511527937.036 |
| OpenAlex | W1905072420 |
| ISBN | 9780511527937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In everyday language, responsibility has several related meanings, all involving the control of behavior by internal mechanisms. "Responsible" people feel an inner obligation to do what is right. They are dependable and can be "counted upon" (Barnard, 1938, chapter 17; Blasi, 1980, 1983). When parents exhort young people to "show a little responsibility," they are trying to instill self-control and awareness of the consequences of action. To a lawyer or philosopher, responsibility means acknowledging or "owning" one's behavior (Sartre, 1947), such that the results are a kind of judgment upon the self. Finally, many prosocial behaviors involve taking responsibility for others (Gilligan, 1982; Hoffman, 1982). The scoring system described in this chapter was designed to reflect the concept of responsibility in all these different senses.
Action (physics) · Control (management) · Epistemology · Management · Moral responsibility · Obligation · Political science · Prosocial behavior · Public relations · Social responsibility · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |