Talk:Responsibility
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A mention of authority's relationship to responsibility would be useful.
But the sublects or moral responsibility and personal responsibility should remain seperate and not be merged...
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- I don't think there's any authority involved in moral responsibility. But there may be authority involved in the concept of being "responsible to" someone. But if I'm responsible to tenants in a building I own, for its maintenance, that doesn't means they are in "authority" over me, nor I over them. So there's not always an authority even in that kind of responsibility. Michael Hardy 02:31, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Definite merge. Same subjects concerning philosophy. The distinction given between momral and personal responsability is a juridical distinction. Lapaz 05:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merged?
Content from Moral responsibility has been merged [1] into this article, but it still exists as a separate article. Also, while I agree with the merge, it should have had a proper vote first. Should I go ahead and redirect the other article? (Please post to my talk page if you respond.) Jobarts-Talk 08:09, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
This is an inappropriate merge of content; "moral responsibility" is not equivalent to "responsibility": the first is a term referenced in philosophy, in dealing with free will-- see, for example "Moral Responsibility" at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the second is a general word that is applicable to multiple usages. Combining the two eliminates the preciseness of the former, and confuses the latter. So no, don't redirect; "responsibility" is too nebulous to be the merged topic. Rather, this should be a disambiguation page. There are multiple "responsibility" articles under various disciplines, some of which would be appropriate merge together, and many already listed under "See Also":
- Social responsibility (society)
- Natural responsibility (redundant to social responsibility)
- Media responsibility (possibly redundant to social responsibility)
- Ministerial responsibility (government)
- Collective responsibility (should be merged with ministerial responsibility)
- Collective responsibility (doctrine) (punishment)
- Corporate social responsibility (business)
- Corporate responsibility (law)
- Professional responsibility (law)
- International responsibility (law, possibly Original Research)
- Diffusion of responsibility (sociology, possibly Original Research)
