"We were numbered among [Frantz]Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, as such immune from culpability, wholly indifferent to the observation of Napoleon that among the oppressed are many who like to oppress.
The report assigned some culpability for such "reckless gun-walking tactics" to five officials, including William Newell, the former special agent in charge of the Phoenix division.
Perhaps more significantly, the attribution of full culpability at such a young age runs counter to all the available evidence on children's cognitive and emotional development.
Using a robot in a military situation diffuses culpability to such an extent that even our idea of blame is very difficult to assign to any one place.
Along with the manufacturers and distributors of a product, Schwartz explained, "consumers share in the moral culpability for such unethical practices, because in the end, they receive a tangible benefit from these practices they receive the consumer product itself, whether that be clothing or cocaine".
Yet in spite of our guilty feelings, it's not so clear that failure to remember in such cases involves real moral culpability.
Reviews by Dolan et al. [ 1] and Schwappach [ 2] have identified numerous factors besides health attainments or prospects that appear to influence the relative valuation of QALYs, such as prior health consumption, culpability, age, having dependents, and socioeconomic status.
Criminal law doctrine is, to say the least, suspicious of such a separation between intent and culpability, especially when it comes to very serious offenses (lesser offenses can be established by proving the defendant was reckless or indifferent).
Romney, however, has shown no public remorse for signing up such investors, although the concept of culpability is not foreign to him.
But we live in an era when such words are intended to signify simultaneous culpability and absolution.
