Sentence examples for subjects of responsibility from inspiring English sources

The former hold that only individual agents or natural persons can be properly held responsible, while the latter hold that some collectives do count as subjects of responsibility (cf. Mathiesen 2006; Pettit 2007b; Hindriks 2009); depending on context and group size, there may be a number of tenable intermediate positions on this spectrum.

There is a moral dimension to how an action can be deemed responsible or irresponsible, and there is an epistemic dimension related to the quality of knowledge of the subject of responsibility, which in this context is scientific knowledge.

Last year, the company made a deal with NBC to become the presenting or lead sponsor of a pair of programs on the subject of personal responsibility.

Bice was now sleepy (the emotion had been too great for her); Maja sat silent and ate her lunch, which a nurse had brought in on a tray; and I nodded to Einstein's words, searching impatiently for a way out of dreams to the subject of the responsibility of modern scientists.

A bit later, he clarifies that only a certain kind of agent qualifies as a moral agent and is thus properly subject to ascriptions of responsibility, namely, one who possess a capacity for decision.

Keenan's declaration of interest came hours after Checketts addressed the Rangers at their Rye Playland practice facility on the subjects of accountability and responsibility.

EBP conceived of the study, participated in design, coordination and recruitment of subjects, had responsibility for the biochemical analyses, performed most of the statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript.

It's difficult to know even where to begin to address the impoverished interpretive twaddle put forward by Franklin Graham on the subject of our responsibilities to immigrants and refugees.

It is a bit like a cabinet; we know who the leader is, but people feel a real sense of responsibility for their subject matter".

There are whole libraries of books devoted to the subject, each applying different degrees of responsibility and knowledge.

As the Treasury announced that the regime would also be extended to other parts of the financial services industry, it said that senior managers would be subject instead to a "duty of responsibility" clause, requiring them only to take appropriate steps to prevent a regulatory breach.