No one seemed to know for sure what had happened, nor was there any purpose or responsibility in the muttering feet and urgent voices behind the driver, beyond finding out.

At the same time, all suggestions that some sort of societal responsibility existed for the welfare of the people within the territorial state was strongly resisted.

The general acceptance of the idea of governmental ( i.e., societal ) responsibility for the economic well-being of the American people is surely one of the two most significant watersheds in American constitutional history.

In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

National responsibility for individual welfare is a concept not limited to the United States or even to the Western nations.

For better or for worse, we all now live in welfare states, the organizing principle of which is collective responsibility for individual well-being.

It forced us to fix the responsibility for the position in which all medical commentators had been placed.

Because the responsibility for resolving the issue lay with the President, rather than with his doctors, nothing raises more surely for us the difficulties simple goodness faces in dealing with complex moral problems under political pressure.

But the fact remains that even the unconscious acceptance of himself as a man of destiny divinely protected must be censored in any man who evades the responsibility for his major decisions, and thus for imposing his will on the people.

Relieved of the major part of his responsibility for the safety of the ship, the pilot's oaths became fewer.

Each will decide on his own course somewhere between these two extreme cases according to the sense of responsibility which is determined for him by the particular circumstances of his own life.

There is indeed a moral responsibility on man himself, for his own soul's sake, to respect lower life and to avoid the infliction of suffering, but this viewpoint Schweitzer rejects.

Our data indicate that these students of today do basically accept the existing institutions of the society, and, in the face of the realities of complex and large-scale economic and political problems, make a wary and ambivalent delegation of trust to those who occupy positions of legitimized responsibility for coping with such collective concerns.

In fact I cannot imagine myself condemning a man to the noose or the electric chair if I had to take, as an individual, the responsibility for his death.

Certainly all can applaud passage of an auto title law, the school bills, the increase in teacher pensions, the ban on drag racing, acceptance by the state of responsibility for maintenance of state roads in municipalities at the same rate as outside city limits, repeal of the college age limit law and the road maintenance bond issue.

The responsibility for scores of deaths, including the abduction and murder of Jesus Maria Galindez, a professor at Columbia University in New York, has been laid at his door.

Mayor Robert F. Wagner must, as his opponents demand, assume responsibility for his performance in office.

The responsibility is still going to be there whether they pay for a VA hospital or the tax dollar is spent for the state hospital.

The Illinois Commission for Handicapped Children, which for 20 years has had the responsibility of coordinating the services of tax supported and voluntary organizations serving handicapped children, of studying the needs of handicapped children in Illinois, and of promoting more adequate services for them, indeed welcomes this new important resource which will help the people of Illinois toward the goal of providing an education for all of its children.

This reflects our concern that te reo revival will not work if responsibility for setting the direction is not shared with Māori.

but with the growth of state and federal fiscal aid, the emphasis on equalization, and the state-local sharing of responsibility for certain important functions, this is no longer true.

Other key executives responsible for the company's meteoric growth in the late 80s and early 90s were Ross A. Cooley, another former IBM associate, who served for many years as SVP of GM North America ; Michael Swavely, who was the company's chief marketing officer in the early years, and eventually ran the North America organization, later passing along that responsibility to Mr. Cooley, when Swavely retired.

Under the leadership of the new CEO, Orey Gilliam, who also assumed the responsibility for all of AOL's messaging business in 2007, ICQ resumed its growth and turned into a highly profitable company, and one of AOL's most successful businesses.

With the failure of demand-driven fiscal policies to restrain inflation and produce growth in the 1970s, the way was paved for a new policy of fighting inflation through the central bank, which would be the bank's cardinal responsibility.

Concerns raised by the Committee included the growth in child poverty and inequality, the extent of violence towards children, the use of custody for young offenders, the low age of criminal responsibility, and the lack of opportunities for children and young people to express views.

The Liberal International Constitution ( 2005 ) gives its purposes as " to win general acceptance of Liberal principles which are international in their nature throughout the world, and to foster the growth of a free society based on personal liberty, personal responsibility and social justice, and to provide the means of co-operation and interchange of information between the member organisations, and between men and women of all countries who accept these principles.

* a community of faith that nurtures spiritual growth and develops moral responsibility

He is credited with amending the city charter to make public safety the first and foremost responsibility of city government, and leading an effort to manage San Diego's dynamic growth and to revitalize the city's downtown area.

Its principal responsibility was to provide infrastructure to cope with London's rapid growth, which it accomplished.

Winnicott's ' own childhood experience of trying to make " my living " by keeping his mother alive ' may have fed into his later concept of the False Self, and of how ' a threat of breakdown of the family structure ... in some cases leads to a premature emotional growth and to a precocious independence and sense of responsibility ... but this is not health, even if it has healthy features '.

Their intention is to emphasize the responsibility of persons for their actions, not to contest the character of those works as gifts, or far less to deny that justification always remains the unmerited gift of grace ," in comparison with " the concept of a preservation of grace and a growth in grace and faith is also held by Lutherans.

The use of natural consequences, rather than punishment, develops a sense of belonging, freedom, power, and fun that enables the child to make good personal choices, take responsibility for their own actions, and instigate needed personal growth.

The river has flooded at least three times within the last fifty years, with some responsibility placed upon the area's recent rapid growth, especially the area downstream of Aurora.

During the eight-day mission, her prime responsibility was to maneuver the WSF on the RMS, to conduct thin film crystal growth and she was also responsible for performing scientific experiments in the Spacehab.

The intendente was appointed directly by the Crown and had responsibility to oversee the treasury, the collection of taxes, and to promote agriculture and economic growth in general.

He believed in individual freedom and responsibility and feared that the growth of government bureaucracy would threaten liberty.

* Motivators ( e. g. challenging work, recognition, responsibility ) that give positive satisfaction, arising from intrinsic conditions of the job itself, such as recognition, achievement, or personal growth, and

The State Bank of Pakistan has also been entrusted with the responsibility to carry out monetary and credit policy in accordance with Government targets for growth and inflation with the recommendations of the Monetary and Fiscal Policies Co-ordination Board without trying to effect the macroeconomic policy objectives.

The town continued to experience expansion and economic growth and in 1772 two important bodies were set up-the Quay Corporation with full responsibility for shipping, quays and harbour and the Bridge Corporation to build two bridges across the Slaney at Wexford and Ferrycarrig.

The growth of interest in areas such as corporate social responsibility, fair trade and microfinance underline this.

Duchesne prides itself on academic excellence, commitment to Jesus Christ, personal growth, and social responsibility.

The design will create a sense of exhilaration and challenge and will exemplify the principles and philosophy which Teesdale Community Resources ( TCR ) encourages – participation, responsibility, challenge, growth, respect for others and the environment and active participation.

The Act gave the government responsibility for specifying its price stability target and growth and employment objectives at least annually.

The fundamental premises of the school are: that all people are curious by nature ; that the most efficient, long-lasting, and profound learning takes place when started and pursued by the learner ; that all people are creative if they are allowed to develop their unique talents ; that age-mixing among students promotes growth in all members of the group ; and that freedom is essential to the development of personal responsibility.