| Preface | |
| Introduction: The Dimensions and Dilemmas of a Modern Virtue | 1 |
| Pt. I | Responsibility: Legal and Constitutional Issues | |
| 1 | The American Founders' Responsibility | 31 |
| 2 | Religious Freedom and Civic Responsibility | 47 |
| 3 | Torts and Gods: Idolatry in the Law | 63 |
| Pt. II | Responsibility in the West | |
| 4 | Law as Response to Thou | 87 |
| 5 | Democracy, Tragedy, and Responsibility: The Greek Case | 106 |
| 6 | Jewish Philosophies after Heidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility | 121 |
| Pt. III | Responsibility in the Non-Western World | |
| 7 | Rooted Responsibility Locating Moral Authority in North India | 149 |
| 8 | The Genesis and Decay of Responsibility in Buddhism | 173 |
| 9 | The Single Thread of a New Confusianism: Private Virtue and Public Responsibility | 196 |
| 10 | The Mistake Will Not Be Repeated: Hiroshima and Japanese War Responsibility | 213 |
| 11 | Civic Responsibility in Political Society: An Islamic Paradigm | 231 |
| 12 | Religion and Public Life in Africa: A Comparative Perspective on the Ethics of Responsibility | 253 |
| Afterword: Responsibility in a Postmodern World | 273 |
| Notes on Contributors | 295 |
| Index | 299 |