Fran?ois Raffoul approaches the concept of responsibility in a mannerthat is distinct from its traditional interpretation as accountability of thewillful subject. Exploring responsibility in the works of Nietzsche, Sartre, Levinas, Heidegger, and Derrida, Raffoul identifies decisive moments in thedevelopment of the concept, retrieves its origins, and explores new reflections onit. For Raffoul, responsibility is less about a sovereign subject establishing asphere of power and control than about exposure to an event that does not come fromus and yet calls to us. These original and thoughtful investigations of thepost-metaphysical senses of responsibility chart new directions for ethics in thecontinental tradition.