Umschlag

Drei Gefahren philosophischer Begriffsanalysen von Verantwortung

In Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie 64.2 (2016), 273–286.

Zusammenfassung

Most conceptual analyses of responsibility fail to sufficiently account for the historicity of the concept – both within philosophical reflections and within non-philosophical practices. Three frequently encountered problems are: First,»responsibility« is often read retrospectively in texts where the concept is not present; second, the necessary and sufficient conditions that account for responsibility’s meaning are often derived from contemporary usage alone; and third, the non-philosophical usage of »responsibility« is often dismissed as »defective« too quickly. To avoid all three problems, I argue for a Foucauldian analysis of practices in which »responsibility« is used.