Responsibility : the many faces of a social phenomenon / edited by Ann Elisabeth Auhagen and Hans-Werner Bierhoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Auhagen, Ann Elisabeth.

Bierhoff, Hans Werner, 1948-

Series:

Routledge research international series in social psychology ; 3.

Routledge research international series in social psychology ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Western society the importance of responsibility is increasing. This book reviews the phenomenon of responsibility on a scientific basis from different and interdisciplinary perspectives

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Responsibility as a fundamental human phenomenon; Philosophical foundations of responsibility; Responsibility: a biological perspective; Towards a broader psychological foundation for responsibility: who, what, how; An attributional approach to perceived responsibility for transgressions: extensions to child abuse, punishment goals and political ideology; Responsibility in everyday life; Denial of responsibility; Responsibility and technology

Responsibility and ecological behaviour: a meta-analysis of the strength and the extent of a causal linkResponsibility appraisals of health protection; Responsibility in work organisations; Responsibility and altruism: the role of volunteerism; Responsibility and reactions to the disadvantaged; Responsibility at the beginning of the third millennium; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-56444-9

1-134-56445-7

1-280-40403-5

0-203-46873-2

0-203-24508-3

9780203468739

OCLC:

84145925