Transferable responsibility, which we can give up or which can be denied us, which can be delegated to us by institutions or be delegated to them, such responsibility does not originate in our will for responsibility but is another name for the conditions of social functionalization to which we are subjected. This functionalization cannot be escaped but can be understood and accepted. Our acceptance of only individual responsibility means renouncing the authentic responsibility, renouncing personhood, freedom and dignity respectively. Not even God himself can assume our personal responsibility for the doings and decisions performed out of our own free will. Personal responsibility is always concrete and as such is based in existence itself and not simply on some special ethics of ought or in the sphere of psychology, moral or law respectively.
Responsibility exists before any deed, any act, and it is effective before action.
Responsibility presupposes the ability to act while enjoying freedom, and it also has to do with being prepared to accept the consequences of such actions. This means that responsibility is the awareness of responsibility as well as the awareness of freedom. This implies that responsibility is related to an awareness of the identity and integrity of the person. When we make decisions we pledge our sacred personhood. Rather, the reliable basis of responsibility is within us.