Sentence examples for absolved from responsibility from inspiring English sources

Although he has features that typically would make him responsible, such as not being coerced, being in control of his behavior, and having a normal faculty of reason, he is absolved from responsibility because he could not have had reason to act morally instead of embezzling.

Since knowing that all persons are equal in certain basic respects is a simple matter, defenders of this view do not want to absolve from responsibility those who disrespect others' humanity.

Absolving from responsibility members of a culture for the wrongdoings that take place in the context of their culture misunderstands the tight connection between culture and agency, and denies the humanity of those who are rationally unimpaired and commit wrongdoing, even when they are influenced by cultural norms (306).

This is a player who, absolved from the responsibility of thinking too hard about the game, is having a real second wind.

It is a fine catastrophe, but also a neat escape hatch for Stoppard, who is thus absolved from the responsibility of telling us which view of life we should espouse — the long-shot or the closeup.

It derives from the case of Giuseppe Pinelli, a Milanese railway worker who in 1969 was picked up by the police, accused of railway-station bombings and who "fell" out of a fourth-floor window at police HQ (later he was finally absolved from any responsibility for the bombings).

Other study participants felt equally absolved from personal responsibility over events.

Despite facilitating SDM in practice, it was not clear that any practitioners in our focus groups felt completely comfortable with SDM or absolved from adopting decision making responsibility for patients.

The right to free expression does not absolve people from responsibility for what they choose to present.

"I never absolve myself from responsibility," Paxson said.

But does that absolve Avaaz from responsibility for what happened?