Full Idea
Aristotle seems to define responsibility negatively: I am responsible for an action if and only if I do it neither by force nor because of ignorance.
Gist of Idea
For Aristotle responsibility seems negative, in the absence of force or ignorance
Source
comment on Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1114b13) by Terence Irwin - Reason and Responsibility in Aristotle p.117
Book Reference
'Essays on Aristotle's Ethics', ed/tr. Rorty,Amélie Oksenberg [University of California 1980], p.117
A Reaction
Reminiscent of David Hume, suggesting that Aristotle may at heart be a determinist, because he lacks any positive notion of free will?