Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Responsibility as a fundamental human phenomenon -- Philosophical foundations of responsibility -- Responsibility: a biological perspective -- Towards a broader psychological foundation for responsibility: who, what, how -- An attributional approach to perceived responsibility for transgressions: extensions to child abuse, punishment goals and political ideology -- Responsibility in everyday life -- Denial of responsibility -- Responsibility and technology -- Responsibility and ecological behaviour: a meta-analysis of the strength and the extent of a causal link -- Responsibility appraisals of health protection -- Responsibility in work organisations -- Responsibility and altruism: the role of volunteerism -- Responsibility and reactions to the disadvantaged -- Responsibility at the beginning of the third millennium -- Index.