TY - JOUR
T1 - XI — Responsibilities and taking on responsibility
AU - Calhoun, Cheshire
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 THE ARISTOTELIAN SOCIETY.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - There is a familiar, everyday notion of a responsibility. Much of daily life on and off the job is consumed by taking care of responsibilities in this sense. But what is a responsibility, and how are responsibilities related to obligations? Reflection on the phenomenon of taking on responsibilities suggests that the concept of ‘a responsibility’ is distinct from that of ‘an obligation’, and that not all responsibilities are also obligations, even though many are.
AB - There is a familiar, everyday notion of a responsibility. Much of daily life on and off the job is consumed by taking care of responsibilities in this sense. But what is a responsibility, and how are responsibilities related to obligations? Reflection on the phenomenon of taking on responsibilities suggests that the concept of ‘a responsibility’ is distinct from that of ‘an obligation’, and that not all responsibilities are also obligations, even though many are.
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U2 - 10.1093/arisoc/aoz017
DO - 10.1093/arisoc/aoz017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075380213
SN - 0066-7374
VL - 119
SP - 231
EP - 251
JO - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
JF - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
IS - 3
ER -