Although we are morally responsible for things of various kinds, what we bear direct responsibility for are certain exercises of our agency (and perhaps some omissions of these). Theorists disagree about what kind of agency is in this respect the source of our responsibility. Some hold that it is agency the exercises of which are actions. Others say that it is agency exercised in forming reasons-responsive attitudes on the basis of our take on reasons (or value). With attention to the relation of moral responsibility to moral obligation, I argue for the first of these views.

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责任之源

尽管我们对各种各样的事情负有道德责任，但我们直接负责的是我们能动性的某些行使（也许还有一些遗漏）。在这方面，我们责任的来源是何种代理，理论家对此意见不一。一些人认为，行动是行动的代理。其他人则说，这是根据我们对原因（或价值）的看法，形成原因反应态度的能动性。考虑到道德责任与道德义务的关系，我赞成第一种观点。