Hi student!
In the last video we saw freedom, and we anticipated that it is closely related to responsibility. So in this video we will develop responsibility and explain its limits.
When are we and when are we not responsible for our actions? Are you ready?
Transcription:
Freedom establishes situations in which we can do or not do something determined. It gives us the ability to make decisions, act or not. However. What does it mean to be responsible for our actions?
Being responsible means being accountable for the acts we do.
The possibility of taking responsibility for our actions is directly associated with the fact that we could have acted differently than we did. The notion of responsibility, then, is based on the idea that we are free.
We are responsible, when we fulfill the tasks that are assigned to us, or the duties that are in our charge.
For example, a responsible student is one who fulfills his tasks in a timely manner. Meanwhile, if he does not do it because he is playing video games, he will be irresponsible. In this situation, an adult may reproach you for not having acted as you should, for having been doing something else.
Reproach, or guilt, arises whenever we act improperly, either by omission; not fulfilling our duties. "Not to do". Or by negligence, we comply, but doing less. Do things by halves, or done poorly.
In short, as long as we act appropriately by fulfilling our tasks, duties and obligations, we are being responsible. Whereas if we do not comply, or we do it incorrectly by not dedicating enough time or attention, we are being irresponsible.
It is clear that to be held responsible for our actions we must have acted freely. But ... there are factors that can condition our freedom. These two factors act as limits in determining liability.
They are ignorance and duress.
Ignorance is the lack of knowledge about something specific. Not knowing.
Duress, on the other hand, is the physical or mental force or violence that one person exerts on another to force them to say or do something against their will.
But ...
Does any kind of ignorance and coercion exempt us from responsibility for our actions?
No!
First, only he who ignores what he could not have known is exempt from responsibility. Being that for many situations in life, we have a duty to know something certain. For example, we must know the laws that govern us, we must study for an exam.
Second, only he who acts under such strong duress that he has no possibility of doing otherwise is exempt from liability.
This means that the threat of harm to ourselves or to our loved ones must be serious and imminent.
That the aggressor is really dangerous, and that he is in a position to carry out his threat, to carry it out. For example;
If a criminal points a gun at a security guard to open a vault, which he was supposed to protect, it is clearly a case of duress.
While if the same guard in the same situation is threatened by an unarmed small child, it would not be coercion. There are situations in which one does not act with ignorance or under duress, but nevertheless, people try to evade their responsibility.
In other words, they justify their actions by denying that they are responsible for them. To do this, they resort to different techniques known as liability neutralization techniques. These techniques can be classified into 5 groups.To exemplify each one, we will give a typical phrase that people who want to evade their responsibility often use.
One - Denial of responsibility:
It resorts to highlighting personal conditions that make the individual irresponsible for their action.
For example: “I was absent and no one told me that there was homework”,
Two- Denial of harm:
It is not admitted that the action caused harm to another person.
Example: "If he doesn't mind being carried!"
Three - Denial of the victim:
It is admitted that there was a wrong doing but the status of victim of the person who suffered the damage is denied.
For example: "He deserved it."
Four - Accountability of those who sanction:
The accusation is diverted towards those who accuse or impose the sanction for the offense committed.
Example: “You always challenge me, but everyone is talking”
Five - Due obedience:
The action is justified by saying that an order was carried out or acted under duress.
Example: “I had no other option: I did what they told me or they did to me”
I hope this information is useful to you.
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