RESPONSIBILITY    責任責／任

ENDURING SHOULD:obligation TO ACT CONFORMING to certain RULES.
DUTYTASKFUNCTIONJOBROLEBUSINESS
Modern Chinese Criteria
責任 責 事 責分 專責 仔肩 重任 使命 refers to a formal mission. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • GUILT　RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE'S AVOIDABLE PAST BAD ACT.  (anc: 8/0, child: 1)
Hypernym
  • SHOULD　Be APPROPRIATE for a HUMAN to ACT:do something DEFINITE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • APPROPRIATE　EXCELLENT in a DEFINED SITUATION OR FOR a DEFINED NEED. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
  • EXCELLENT　FEATURE BECAUSE of which SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS OR SHOULD BE PREFERRED to OTHERS (anc: 4/0, child: 11)
  • L'intelligence de la China. Le social et le mental ( GERNET 1994) p. 70-79

    Gernet deals with the Tang Code, and finds that it makes ample reference to the intentionality of action, and to personal responsibility as relevant factors in Tang legal practice.

    There is no reference to questions of terminology. Thus whether or not Tang China had a notion of psychological moral responsibility remains an open question. It is a question that deserves careful historical analysis.

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 11.566

    VERANTWORTUNG

  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

  • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

    • Words (2 items)

    任  rèn OC: njɯms MC: ȵim 15 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabsocialresponsibility
    • vt(oN)take responsibility for the contextually determinate NLZ
    • vtoNbe formally responsible for
    • vtoNN=acttake formal responsibility for (tasks, mistakes etc)CH
    責  zé OC: skreeɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 14 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabsocialresponsibility (for glory or disgrace)
    • vtoNputativehold responsible for (one's proposals); hold (someone) responsible for the execution of his duties