Judged: two independent readers; copy check clear.

culpability

culpability Culpability is the state of deserving moral blame for a wrong act.

Culpability is the state of deserving moral blame for a wrong act. It differs from legal responsibility because a person may be legally responsible without being morally blameworthy, and moral culpability depends on the person having done the act with knowledge, or with the ability to have known, what they were doing.

Also see

Sources

Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Culpability” (Culpability).
public-domain-US · Source snapshot SHA-256: 04d1f36fce4f5912ed38aa80641c217d0eda7ef0aafd90365eeae96f1067b95a

These citations identify the drafting sources. 2/2 independent reader passes against the pinned source packet. The drafter does not count as a reader. Source institutions do not endorse this dictionary.

Cite this entry

PsychTerms (psychterms.org), CC BY 4.0, version 1. “culpability.” Development preview.

Version 1 · SHA-256: 906dfcf5ad5f7ba4777daa501352fde95c216f3baa55791b69c58a3dbd5d1d50

Edit this entry on GitHub