Full responsibility : on pragmatic, political, and other modes of sharing action / Steven G. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Steven G., author.

Series:

SUNY series in American philosophy and cultural thought.

SUNY Series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2022]

Summary:

Explores the basic forms of responsibility that we willingly assume and the collaborative fulfillment that we find in each.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Responsibility and Realization

The Appeal of Responsibility

The Subjective Basis of Responsibility in Practical Realizing

Shared Realizing and Shared Responsibility

Agency Responsibility

Theory of Responsible Realization versus Theory of Values

Chapter Two: Pragmatic Responsibility

The Ontological Structure of Pragmatic Responsibility: Actualizing

The World Scene of Pragmatic Responsibility: The Sifting of Existence

The Personal Coherence of Pragmatic Responsibility: Vocation

The Social Coherence of Pragmatic Responsibility: Ethos

Sympathy, Empathy, and Affective Responsibility

The Relation between Pragmatic Responsibility and Historical Responsibility: The Description Issue

The Relation between Pragmatic Responsibility and Ethical Responsibility: The Stringency Issue

Chapter Three: Political Responsibility

Political Responsibility and Power Wielding: The Motivation Issue

The Relation between Political Responsibility and Ethical Responsibility: The "Obligation" Issue

Political "Obligation" to the State

Political versus Civic Responsibility

The Relation between Political Responsibility and Pragmatic Responsibility: The Organization Issue

The Relation between Political Responsibility and Historical Responsibility: The Collective Identity Issue

Touchstones of Political Responsibility: Heroes and Cautionary Examples

The Pursuit of Collective Political Realization

Chapter Four: Challenges in Four Spheres of Political Responsibility

Family Responsibility and Abortion

Organizational Responsibility and "Good Jobs"

Community Responsibility and Immigration

Global Responsibility and the Displacement of Persons

Chapter Five: Full Responsibility

Limiting and Maximizing Approaches to Full Responsibility.

Models of Full Responsibility

The Full Portfolio of Responsibilities

The Full Range of Basic Modes of Responsibility

Full Dedication to Responsibility

Full Attention to the Responsible Direction of Life

Fully Extended Responsibility

Full Sensitivity to Concerns for Responsibility (the Mahatma Ideal)

The Headquarters View

Eternal Responsibility

Spirits of Responsibility

Your Vocation (in another sense)

Epilogue

Appendix 1: Notes on Ethical Responsibility

Ethical Apriorism and Its Limitations

Alternative Positionings of Ethics

Aristotle and Virtue Ethics

Ethics of Care

Appendix 2: Notes on Historical Responsibility

The Historical Dimension of Responsibility

The Roots of Historical Responsibility

Agentic Identity

Involvement

Causes and Results

Cognizance

The Farmer's Historical Responsibility

The National Leader's Historical Responsibility

Historical Injustice and Historical Jeopardy

Appendix 3: Notes on Religious Responsibility

Exemplars of Religious Responsibility

The Threat of Religious Responsibility

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781438489834

1438489838

OCLC:

1341442437