a.k.a. answerability, responsibility

This may also imply that you have respect for some oversight authority or to somebody(s) you feel responsible toward.

Complementary virtues¶

• conscientiousness
• diligence
• probity
• reputability
• responsibility
• trustworthiness

Contrasting vices¶

• unaccountability

Virtues possibly in tension¶

• informality?

How to acquire or strengthen it¶

TBD

Notes and links¶

• OOO: responsibility

Mentioned elsewhere¶

TBD

Inspirational quotes¶

• Phil Tetlock (quoted in Haidt’s The Righteous Mind): defines accountability as the “explicit expectation that one will be called upon to justify one’s beliefs, feelings, or actions to others,” coupled with an expectation that people will reward or punish us based on how well we justify ourselves