First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part I. Introduction1. Responsibility as a fundamental human phenomenon Hans-Werner Bierhoff and Ann Elisabeth AuhagenPart II. Basic Issues and Domains of Responsibility2. Philosophical foundations of responsibility Dieter Birnbacher3. Responsibility: a biological perspective Robert A. Hinde4. Toward a broader psychological foundation for responsibility: who, what, how Kelly G. Shaver and Deborah A. Schutte5. An attributional approach to perceived responsibility for transgressions: extensions to child abuse, punishment goals and political ideology Bernard Weiner6. Responsibility in everyday life Ann Elisabeth Auhagen7. Denial of responsibility Leo MontadaPart III. Applications of Responsibility8. Responsibility and technology Hans Lenk and Matthias Maring9. Responsibility and ecological behaviour - a meta-analysis of the strength and the extent of a causal link Florian G. Kaiser, Urs Fuhrer, Olaf Weber, Thomas Ofner and Evelina Bühler-Ilieva10. Responsibility appraisals of health protection Elisabeth Kals11. Responsibility in work organisations L. Alan Witt12. Responsibility and altruism: the role of volunteerism Hans-Weber Bierhoff13. Responsibility and reactions to the disadvantaged Manfred Schmitt, Barbara Reichle and Jürgen MaesPart IV. Perspectives14. Responsibility at the Beginning of the Third Millennium Ann Elisabeth Auhagen and Hans-Weber Bierhoff