Viktor Frankl and the Sense of Responsibility

A sense of responsibility is the essence of civility and respect for oneself and others. Viktor Frankl, the well-known Austrian psychiatrist and philosopher, warned the world about it in the 1980s. He said we’re failing in this important social competence. Thus, forgetting that being responsible means understanding and applying the basic rules of engagement in daily life. Winston Churchill said that responsibility is the price of greatness. It’s true that every position, especially a prominent one, requires wisdom and a fine-tuned moral personal responsibility. However, this dimension goes much further and is, in turn, related to the concept of freedom….