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Culpability, the Glossary

In criminal law, culpability, or being culpable, is a measure of the degree to which an agent, such as a person, can be held morally or legally responsible for action and inaction.^[1]

27 relations: Blame, Crime, Criminal law, Culpa, Earthquake, Endangerment, Felony murder rule, Free will, Guilt, Knowledge (legal construct), Latin, Legal liability, Mens rea, Meteorite, Moral agency, Moral evil, Moral responsibility, Murder, Necessity and sufficiency, Negligence, Normativity, Omission (law), Reasonable person, Recklessness (law), Scapegoating, Strict liability, United States.
Criminal law legal terminology

Blame

Blame is the act of censuring, holding responsible, or making negative statements about an individual or group that their actions or inaction are socially or morally irresponsible, the opposite of praise.

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Criminal law

Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime.

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Culpa

Culpa is a Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese word meaning guilt or fault.

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Earthquake

An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Endangerment

Endangerment is a type of crime involving conduct that is wrongful and reckless or wanton, and likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person.

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Felony murder rule

The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.

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Free will

Free will is the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action.

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Guilt

Guilt most commonly refers to.

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Knowledge (legal construct)

In law, knowledge is one of the degrees of mens rea that constitute part of a crime.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Legal liability

In law, liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally obligated".

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Mens rea

In criminal law, mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental state of a defendant who is accused of committing a crime.

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Meteorite

A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon.

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Moral agency

Moral agency is an individual's ability to make moral choices based on some notion of right and wrong and to be held accountable for these actions.

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Moral evil

Moral evil is any morally negative event caused by the intentional action or inaction of an agent, such as a person.

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Moral responsibility

In philosophy, moral responsibility is the status of morally deserving praise, blame, reward, or punishment for an act or omission in accordance with one's moral obligations.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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Necessity and sufficiency

In logic and mathematics, necessity and sufficiency are terms used to describe a conditional or implicational relationship between two statements.

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Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate care expected to be exercised in similar circumstances.

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Normativity

Normative generally means relating to an evaluative standard.

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Omission (law)

In law, an omission is a failure to act, which generally attracts different legal consequences from positive conduct.

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Reasonable person

In law, a reasonable person, reasonable man, or the man on the Clapham omnibus, is a hypothetical person whose character and care conduct, under any common set of facts, is decided through reasoning of good practice or policy.

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Recklessness (law)

In criminal law and in the law of tort, recklessness may be defined as the state of mind where a person deliberately and unjustifiably pursues a course of action while consciously disregarding any risks flowing from such action.

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Scapegoating

Scapegoating is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and consequent negative treatment.

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Strict liability

In criminal and civil law, strict liability is a standard of liability under which a person is legally responsible for the consequences flowing from an activity even in the absence of fault or criminal intent on the part of the defendant.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culpability

Also known as Blameworthiness, Culpable.