Entre devoir et responsabilité

Abstract

Responsibility for X is the duty to answer for X. This theory clarifies the link between duty, responsibility and blameworthiness. Blameworthiness, but not responsibility, implies a breach of duty. And a breach of duty involves responsibility, but not blameworthiness — at least for normal adults. These intuitive theses may seem trivial, but they give some reason to accept two controversial theses: apologies are not always partial, and responsibility requires free will.