Most people have a good sense of how to attribute responsibility for things that go wrong, recognizing when something is their fault, somebody else's fault, or no one's fault at all. But there are ...

“Is there a problem with saying ‘personal responsibility’?” my friend asked. “What do you mean?” I replied. He’s a Romney-type conservative who’s deeply involved in bipartisan efforts to address ...

Personal responsibility is a big idea about which little is known. It has received far less study than other key conservative tenets, like economic choice. This lack of attention is striking because ...

There’s a lot of talk these days about “”personal responsibility,”” and for good reason. It’s a nice, antiseptic-sounding, middle-of-the-road kind of idea: President Obama talks about it when he wants ...

Paul Scott’s most recent op-ed should have been titled "Ode to Big Brother." Mr. Scott expresses deep frustration when asking why our culture is so fixated on personal responsibility. Could it be that ...

One of the central facets of addiction is the unwillingness to take responsibility. Without exercising the all-important watershed of self-responsibility, breaking the compulsive cycle that leads to ...

At a time when so many issues seem beyond the control of any one person, it’s important to remember that the institutions capable of changing the status quo are made up of folks like you and me. In ...