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Capacity Responsibility

Criminal Responsibility

Civil Responsibility

Miscellaneous

Responsibility

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The production in an individualof a state of mind or body con-

trary to the actual will.

What is compulsion?

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A guilty state of mind.

What is mens rea?

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Liability based on failure to exercise due care.

What is negligence?

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Physical motions produce an event.

What is causal responsibility?

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Performing an action knowingly and voluntarily allows others to

impute the following to me.

What is praise (if the action is good) and blame (if the action is bad)?

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A guilty action.

What is actus reus?

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This liability is based on taking and imposing on others undue risk.

What is recklessness?

2,4

Individual stands committed to carry out the common goods

around which a social or professional role is oriented.

What is role responsibility?

3,1

When the band leader signed the contract because Luca Brasi

told him that he would either have the band leader’s signature or

his brains on the contract.

What is acting under psychological compulsion ?

3,2

The burden of proof in a criminalproceeding or trial.

What is beyond a reasonable doubt?

3,3

This Latin term stands for wrongfulinjury

What is tort?

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Calling defamation (libel or slander) “flaming” or “harmless

puffery”

What is “euphemistic labeling”?

4,1

I betray my sister’s secret not knowing it was a secret.

What is excusable ignorance?

4,2

Those who are insane lack this cognitive capacity.

What is the ability to appreciate the moral and legal qualities of one’s action?

4,3

This is the burden of proof in a civil proceeding or trial.

What is preponderance of evidence?

4,4

“Can’t she take a joke?”

How did the BMX Police displace responsibility by “blaming the

victim”?

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To successfully deny a conditionof capacity responsibility is to

validate this.

What is an excuse that gets us off the moral hook for something we have

done?

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Criminal law has trouble with these legalpersons because they have no body to kick

or soul to damn.

What are corporations?

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This type of penalty or fine represents an invasion of civil law

by criminal law

What are punitive damages?

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I had a few too many drinks and then said some things to

my friend that I should not have said.

When is an act performed under compulsion (influence of alcohol) not excusable? (I got

myself into the compelling situation.)