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Understanding Moral Accountability

The document discusses the concept of moral accountability. It defines moral accountability as deserving blame or praise for one's actions based on their intelligence and freedom. There are two main types of accountability: legal accountability based on laws, and moral accountability based on moral standards. Moral accountability has three conditions: intentionality (intending to perform an action), knowledge (knowing if the action is right or wrong), and various factors that determine the degree of accountability like difficulty of the situation or one's involvement. Freedom is an expression of humanity and is related to self-determination. The loss of freedom can lead to dehumanization. Freedom has two elements - voluntariness and responsibility.

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Understanding Moral Accountability

The document discusses the concept of moral accountability. It defines moral accountability as deserving blame or praise for one's actions based on their intelligence and freedom. There are two main types of accountability: legal accountability based on laws, and moral accountability based on moral standards. Moral accountability has three conditions: intentionality (intending to perform an action), knowledge (knowing if the action is right or wrong), and various factors that determine the degree of accountability like difficulty of the situation or one's involvement. Freedom is an expression of humanity and is related to self-determination. The loss of freedom can lead to dehumanization. Freedom has two elements - voluntariness and responsibility.

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The Philosophy of the

Human Person
MEANING OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Guide Questions:
- What is moral accountability,
and what are the conditions
for its attribution?
- What do we mean by moral
accountability?
- Deservingness of blame or praise
(punishment or reward) for the actions that
we perform is a necessary consequence of
our intelligence and freedom.
- Out intelligence enables us to distinguish
between right and wrong actions, or between
actions that we ought and ought not to do.
- We refer to the deservingness of blame or
praise (punishment or reward) for the actions
that we do as accountability.
2 VARIOUS
TYPES OF
ACCOUNTABI
LITY
1. Legal Accountability
- results the application of legal
standards.
- a person is given punishment or
penalties by the state of performing an
illegal action.
- it coincides with moral accountability if
laws embody moral principles, which
does not always happen.
2. Moral Accountability(responsibility)
- results from the application of moral
standards in assessing the rightness
and wrongness of our actions.
- a person is thought to deserve moral
blame for performing immoral act; while
moral praise for performing moral acts.
MEANINGS
OF
ACCOUNTABILITY
1. Responsibility as Duty
- refers to the sense of "responsibility" in
which being responsible means holding
certain duties or obligations.
- by this light that we describe someone as a
responsible person when he/she is mindful
of his/her duties toward other persons, while
as an irresponsible one when otherwise.
2. Responsibility as Agency
- it refers to the sense of "responsibility" in
which being responsible means being the
cause of something or being the one that
brings about something.
- to say that we are morally responsible for
moral recipients is to say that we have moral
duties toward them and that they are the
objects for our actions for which we can be
morally accountable.
In sum, when we say that a
person is responsible for an
action, we either mean that the
person has the duty to perform
the action, the person is the
agent of the action, or the
person deserves blame or
praise for performing the action.
CONDITIONS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

1. Intentionality Condition
- he or she has the intention of doing the
action and he or she performs the
action to carry out the intention.
2. Knowledge Condition
- the person knows or is capable of
knowing that the action he or she is
thinking or performing is right or wrong,
good or bad.
DEGREE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
1. Degree of Difficulty or pressure
2. Intensity of the Injury
3. Degree of one's involvement
4. Degree of one's knowledge of
the wrongfulness of an action
and relevant facts.
Kinds of freedom

1. Physical Freedom
refers to the absence of any
physical restraint. The person
has the freedom of mobility to
go where he wants to go.
2. Psychological Freedom
is also called freedom of choice.
The person is free to perform
actions that he or she consider
right or wise. A person is also
free to act or not to act. No
outside force or influence can
compel a person to take action
against his/her will.
3. Moral Freedom

refers to using freedom in a manner that


upholds human dignity and goodness.
Freedom is not an object that a person
may use in whatever way he or she
pleases. Humans have a natural
inclination for what is true and good, and
when a person uses his/her freedom to do
acts that violate human dignity and
goodness, he or she dehumanize himself
or herself and effectively negates human
freedom.
1. How is freedom an expression of
our humanity?

2. How is freedom related to self-


determination?

3. How can the loss of freedom lead


to dehuminization?
Two elements that define freedom:

1. Voluntarines

refers to the ability of a person to act


out of his/her own free will and self-
determination.
2. Responsibility

refers to the person being


accountable for his/her actions and
their consequences.
Reflect:
1. In what way can you change or
improve your behavior so that you will
be better able to uphold human
freedom?
2. What is the most significant decision
that you have made in your life so far?
Describe how this has affect you.

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