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Everyone should do what he is responsible for.
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— The tide won’t let us enter the port… — What, the ship is commanded by the tide?
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Personal responsibility has several different facets.
On the one hand, personal responsibility is a completely objective and impersonal thing. This is something for which I personally am obliged to answer, and not someone or something. What I must do, what to follow, or what, in which case, I must pay with my personal. See →
On the other hand, responsibility is a personal characteristic of a person; it is also quite an objective thing. The more a person is able (ready) to take responsibility and cope with it confidently, the more responsibility is inherent in him as a personality trait. See →
Similar concepts are author’s responsibility, author’s life position, shared responsibility↑.
The subjective side of responsibility is the inner world of responsibility: understanding and feeling of personal responsibility. For some, responsibility is a heavy burden, for others it is a matter of pride…
Responsibility in human life
Responsibility is a burden, and most people tend to avoid responsibility. The more a person is strong and developed, the more he can, is ready and wants to answer for. Responsibility is a burden, and in order to bear this burden, strength, readiness and skill are needed. When the burden of responsibility is heavy, the question of the distribution of responsibility naturally arises, and this issue is resolved in different ways … But responsibility is not only a burden, it is also a pass to the adult world, a ticket to greater rights and opportunities. See →
Personal responsibility in goal setting
If a person, having formulated a goal, is ready to take on a controller and indicate the price of the issue, he sets the goal as a responsible person. If he evades personal responsibility, glosses over the issue of the controller and the price of the issue — his words are worthless.
Responsibility in practical psychology
In psychology, a practical synonym for personal responsibility is the concept of «level of subjective control» (according to Rotter). As a rule, the higher a person’s personal responsibility, the higher his self-esteem. In different areas of practical psychology, a person is recognized as having a different amount of personal responsibility. The personal-active approach recognizes the maximum personal responsibility for a person. See →